Mammograms Every Other Year Don't Raise Advanced Breast Cancer Risk, Study Finds

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, March 18 (Reuters) - In the latest installment in the mammogram debate, a new study finds that getting a mammogram every other year instead of annually did not increase the risk of advanced breast cancer in women aged 50 to 74, even in women who use hormone therapy or have dense breasts, factors that increase a woman's cancer risk. The findings, released on Monday by researchers at the University California, San Francisco, support the conclusions of the U.S. Prevent...