An influential group of medical experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force,recommended last weekthat most women receive a mammogram starting at age 40. Women should continue to get a mammogram every other year to screen for breast cancer until age 74, the task force said. This is ...
Using a digital X-ray machine made especially for breast tissue, a technician takes pictures from at least two angles to make a set of images for each of yourbreasts. This set of images is called a mammogram. Breast tissue looks white and opaque, and fatty tissue appears darker and translu...