Mammography false alarms linked with later tumor risk

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Mammography false alarms linked with later tumor risk

By Ronnie Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters Health) â€" Women whose screening mammograms produce false alarms have a heightened risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer years later, but the reason remains mysterious, researchers say. An increased risk of breast cancer among women with a “false positive” mammogram has been reported before. She told Reuters Health in a telephone interview that she could not explain most of the increased risk of later breast cancer in women with false-positive mammograms.

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