Synonyms for mammography
mæˈmɒg rə fimam·mog·ra·phy

Princeton's WordNet

1. mammographynoun

   a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays

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1. • Diagnostic Procedure

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1. List of paraphrases for "mammography":

   mammogram, mammographic

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1. Otis Brawley:

   We need to also focus on the fact that there are some good screening tests that actually clearly save lives, that we are not using enough, i would point out that 55% to 60% of Americans over the age of 50 are up do date on colorectal cancer screening. We could save a lot of lives if we could just get to 80% by 2018. We could help to decrease the cancer death rate that way. I would point out that there is no debate that mammography saves lives -- and if you look at women over the age of 45, about a third to 40% are not up to date on mammography. Many have never actually even had a mammogram, and we need to work on that.

2. Otis Brawley:

   False positives are a huge deal, these women are so frightened and inconvenienced they swear off mammography for the rest of their lives.

3. Otis Brawley:

   The best studies that we have show that mammography reduces risk of death by 30 %.

4. Tatyana Shamliyan:

   We receive invitations for mammography. It should be the same for urinary incontinence. We would ask, do you have the symptoms? If you do, contact your physician.

5. Wendie Berg:

   It’s likely the cancers we find on ultrasound will make a bigger difference than those we find in mammography.