Annual Mammograms Necessary? Physicians Debate Prevention
Clip: 12/25/2012 | 6m 51s
Are Annual Mammograms Necessary? Physicians Debate Tool's Prevention Capability
Annual mammograms have been seen as an important screening tool: They are very effective in helping find small, slow-growing cancers. But how good are they at finding fatal tumors? Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that has reignited the debate.
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Annual Mammograms Necessary? Physicians Debate Prevention
Clip: 12/25/2012 | 6m 51s
Annual mammograms have been seen as an important screening tool: They are very effective in helping find small, slow-growing cancers. But how good are they at finding fatal tumors? Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that has reignited the debate.
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