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All-Digital Mammography for Breast Cancer Screening Not Cost Effective
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In general, breast cancer screening with all-digital mammography is not cost effective compared with film mammography screening, new research suggests. Age-targeted screening with digital mammography (younger than 50 years) may, however, be cost effective. Reuters Health Information
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Post-Mastectomy Nodal Radiation Unnecessary for Node-Negative Breast Cancer
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Irradiation of axillary and supraclavicular lymph nodes is unnecessary in women whose axillary nodal status following mastectomy is negative, according to research presented Sunday at the 50th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Boston. Reuters Health Information
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