Longer span between mammograms okay for older women

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Longer span between mammograms okay for older women

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/longer-span-between-mammograms-okay-older-women-202949404.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VxNESvL61rMXBJhd1VEcEA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-07T202925Z_1_CBRE9161KX400_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A radiologist examines breast X-rays after a cancer prevention medical check-up at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille" align="left" title="A radiologist examines breast X-rays after a cancer prevention medical check-up at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Screening women over 65 each year for breast cancer doesn't catch any more early tumors - but it does lead to more false positives - than screening every other year, according to a new study. The findings are based on more than 140,000 older women included in five mammography registries across the United States. &quot;This study clearly tells us that screening every two years may be more appropriate than screening women every year,&quot; said Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society (ACS). ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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