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Levels of pain associated with mammography low.
2003 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The low level of pain reported after mammography is useful information for patients and practitioners and may increase adherence to screening recommendations, according to new research.
Breast cancer is the leading cancer in women, and the second leading cause of cancer death in women, with an estimated 40,000 deaths in 2002, according to the article. Mammography screening for older women with no signs of breast cancer has been shown to be effective in reducing deaths caused by breast cancer. Many women report pain as a major barrier to getting screened, but few studies have reported on the degree and type of pain women experience during mammographies.
Penny C. Sharp, EdD, of Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and colleagues interviewed 200 women 40 years old and older immediately after undergoing a screening mammography. They were questioned about any pain they experienced during the procedure, the difference between the mammography experience and what their expectations were in terms of pain and what they thought ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Levels of pain associated with mammography low.