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What is cardiac calcium?
Over time, the LDL (or “bad”) cholesterol in our blood can accumulate in artery walls, particularly after they have been damaged by factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, or diabetes. White blood...
Iowa Radiology supports the recommendations of the American College of Radiology, the Society of Breast Imaging, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that women begin having annual mammograms at age 40....
Mammography, Breast Ultrasound, and Breast MRI
You probably are aware of the recommendation that women receive annual screening mammograms beginning at age 40. Mammography, however, is not the only imaging method that is used to...
A callback after your mammogram doesn’t mean anything is wrong.
It’s natural to be concerned any time you get medical test results that come back as anything except 100% normal, especially when the test is a cancer screening....
Annual mammography beginning at age 40 has been shown to be a highly effective way of reducing breast cancer mortality. If you’ve decided to schedule yearly breast cancer screenings, you’re taking an important step in protecting...
Annual mammography screening has been on the forefront of the fight against breast cancer for decades. Although mammography began to gain acceptance as a useful diagnostic tool as early as the 1950s[1], the technology has evolved...
Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women in the U.S.; the average risk of a woman developing breast cancer in her lifetime is 1 in 8. For some women with additional risk factors, including a family or personal...
Invasive (or infiltrating) lobular carcinoma (ILC) is a type of breast cancer that began in the milk-producing lobules, which empty into the ducts that carry milk to the nipple, and has spread into surrounding tissue. It is the...
What is LCIS?
Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) describes the growth of abnormal cells in the breast lobules, the milk-producing glands at the ends of the milk ducts. “In situ” means that the abnormal cells are contained in their...
