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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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Fetal Loss Uncommon After Chorionic Villus Sampling
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Chorionic villus sampling does not appear to raise the risk of fetal loss. Specifically, investigators at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that the fetal loss rate following chorionic villus sampling was no different than the rate among pregnant women who did not undergo an invasive procedure, according to the results of a 16-year retrospective study. Reuters Health Information
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Hair Sample May Provide Non-Invasive Means of Breast Cancer Diagnosis
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Hair from women with breast cancer exhibits an X-ray diffraction pattern that is distinctive from the normal pattern associated with alpha-keratin, researchers in Australia report in the February 15th issue of the International Journal of Cancer. Reuters Health Information
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