mammogram

plural mammograms · alternative rare mammogramme

1. medicineAn X-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer.

   In a country where the equipment to perform mammograms is in short supply, the expertise of these examiners is crucial.

   2024 September 8, Kamala Thiagarajan, “Women who are blind play a critical role in identifying possible breast cancers”, in NPR, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2025

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   If I had found out in 2010, when I had the mammogram, I would not have wanted preventive surgery because I hoped to have another child, and I wanted to breastfeed again.

   2023 February 6, Hilary Osborne, “I thought knowing I had the ‘cancer gene’ would cast a shadow over my life. Now I have it, I realise how wrong I was”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2023

   An influential group of medical experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force, recommended last week that most women receive a mammogram starting at age 40. […] This is a marked difference from the task force’s previous guidance, which was to start biennial mammograms by age 50.

   2024 May 8, Katia Hetter, “Mammograms are now recommended starting at age 40. Should you get one?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 May 2024