Mammographic

The researchers found that stopping HRT for 4 weeks made no difference in mammographic density measured either visually or by the computer. ❋ Aka TBTAM (2008)

The percentage of tissue over the region of the breast that is identified and categorized as "dense", excluding the pectoral muscle, is calculated and referred to as mammographic breast density, "she said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This is a result of increased patient awareness, improved mammographic techniques and genetic testing. ❋ M.D. Michael Yaremchuk (2011)

In its practice guidelines on mammography, the American College of Radiology says that CAD ''may slightly increase the sensitivity of mammographic interpretations. ❋ Unknown (2011)

- Weaver K et al. Does a short cessation of HRT decrease mammographic density? ❋ Aka TBTAM (2008)

However, a recent study in Maturitas suggests that stopping HRT for as long as a month before having a mammogram makes no difference in mammographic breast density. ❋ Aka TBTAM (2008)

My experience is that a woman willing to stop her hormones for 4 weeks because she was worried about mammographic density would be a woman who would probably not ever take HRT in the first place. ❋ Aka TBTAM (2008)

As with so much in the history of breast cancer, mammographic trial-running had turned into an arms race, with each group trying to better the efforts of the others. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

The project intended to screen nearly 250,000 women in a single year, nearly eight times the number screened by Strax in three years, in large part to show that it was possible to muscle through mammographic screening at a national level. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

Many women from the original mammographic cohort have died of various causes, but mammography, as one Malmö resident described it, “is somewhat of a religion here.” ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

Since we know hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increases breast density, it seems logical that a short break from hormones prior to a mammogram might improve mammographic sensitivity. ❋ Aka TBTAM (2008)

If supported by other studies, these findings are not so good news for women on hormone replacement hoping to mitigate some of the adverse breast effects of their hormones, at least as it relates to mammographic sensitivity and specificity. ❋ Aka TBTAM (2008)

[Julie] got a mammograph from [DJ Tom] on her [left boob] last night. ❋ Word Puppy (2007)

"I didn't even [recognize] her until she [took off] her [shirt]—I've got total mammographic memory." ❋ Maitreya83 (2015)