the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)'s final recommendation that women should undergo biannual breast cancer screening starting at age 50. Studys co-author Rebecca Hubbard said that digital mammography is safe, but some women may be at increased risk of radiation-associated breast cancer.
Date: Jan 30, 2016
Source: Google
Mammogram scares leave lasting fears, research finds
For women 50 to 74 years old with dense breasts who are cancer-free, we estimated that more than half will be recalled for additional mammography at least once over the course of 10 years of annual screening, said Rebecca Hubbard of Group Health Research Institute, who worked on the study.
Date: Mar 18, 2013
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More Than Half Of Women Have At Least One Mammogram False Alarm: Study
"In most cases, a recall doesn't mean you have cancer," study researcher Rebecca Hubbard, Ph.D., a biostatistician at the Group Health Research Institute in Seattle told WebMD. "Hopefully, there will be less anxiety about getting a recall."
False alarms "are part of the price to pay for early detection," said study leader Rebecca Hubbard of Group Health Research Institute, part of a Seattle-based managed care system. Women need to know how common they are, and "if it happens to them they will feel less anxiety," she said.
Date: Oct 18, 2011
Category: Health
Source: Google
False positives in mammograms a big concern: study
"We conducted this study to help women know what to expect when they get regular screening mammograms over the course of many years," explained Rebecca Hubbard, a Group Health Research Institute researcher in Seattle and an author of the research appearing in the October 17 edition of "Annals of Int
Date: Oct 17, 2011
Category: Health
Source: Google
1 in 2 will have false alarm from yearly mammogram
"What we found was more than half of women participating in annual screening would have a false positive after 10 years," Rebecca Hubbard of the Group Health Center for Health Studies in Seattle, said in a telephone interview.