Study examines accuracy of digital compared to film mammography

Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 09:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Over the past few years, newer digital mammography has been replacing older film mammography, but researchers wondered, is the newer technology better at detecting cancer? A new study reported October 18, 2011 in the Annals of Internal Medicine and coauthored by Berta Geller, Ed.D., professor of family medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, is the first to assess the accuracy of digital compared to film mammography in U.S. community practice.

Read the whole article on Physorg

More from Physorg

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net