{"id":9515,"date":"2017-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.rftcjapan.org\/pickup-article\/3-d-mammography-test-appears-to-improve-breast-cancer-detection-rate-2\/"},"modified":"2017-04-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:00:00","slug":"3-d-mammography-test-appears-to-improve-breast-cancer-detection-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pickup-article\/3-d-mammography-test-appears-to-improve-breast-cancer-detection-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"3-D Mammography Test Appears to Improve Breast Cancer Detection Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Denise Grady | The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Mammogram.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-16345\" src=\"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Mammogram-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Mammogram\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Adding a newer test to digital mammograms can increase the detection rate for breast cancer and decrease nerve-racking false alarms, in which suspicious findings lead women to get extra scans that turn out normal, a\u00a0<a style=\"color: #326891;\" title=\"The study\" href=\"http:\/\/jama.jamanetwork.com\/article.aspx?articleid=1883018\">study<\/a>\u00a0found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Millions of women will get the newer test, tomosynthesis, this year. The procedure is nearly identical to a routine mammogram, except that in mammography the machine is stationary, while in tomosynthesis it moves around the breast. Sometimes called 3-D mammography, the test takes many X-rays at different angles to create a three-dimensional image of the breast. It was\u00a0<a style=\"color: #326891;\" title=\"F.D.A. news release\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/MedicalDevices\/ProductsandMedicalProcedures\/DeviceApprovalsandClearances\/Recently-ApprovedDevices\/ucm246400.htm\">approved<\/a>\u00a0in the United States in 2011&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/25\/health\/breast-cancer-3d-mammography-test-x-ray.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Denise Grady | The New York Times &#8220;Adding a newer test to digital mammograms can increase the detection rate for breast cancer and decrease nerve-racking false alarms, in which suspicious findings lead women to get extra scans that turn out normal, a\u00a0study\u00a0found. Millions of women will get the newer test, tomosynthesis, this year. 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