Fewer US Women Getting Mammograms

Drop in testing could help explain why breast cancer rates have fallen in recent years.
15 May 2007

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Correction: Based on information supplied by the American Cancer Society, this story says a study found US mammography rates fell 4 percent from 2000 to 2005. The drop, among women age 40 and older, was almost four percentage points, from 70.1 percent to 66.4 percent.


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