Mammograms No Better With Computer's Help

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Mammograms No Better With Computer's Help

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Review of 1.6 million mammograms from 685,000 women shows that commonly used computer-assisted detection (CAD) makes mammograms more costly but not better at finding cancers.

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Tags: Heart Disease, Circulatory Disorders, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Artery Disease, Cancer, Thrombotic Event, Mammogram, Women's Health

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