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ROCHESTER, Minn., May 30, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- U.S. doctors advise women to get regular mammograms even if their local hospital or clinic does not yet have the latest digital technology, a report says.
Some doctors and hospitals told The Wall Street Journal they are worried that women may be waiting to get a digital mammogram rather than a conventional film X-rays.
That's because of research last fall that said digital films were better at detecting breast cancer in pre-menopausal women younger than 50 and those with dense breasts.
About 11 percent of the 8,800 U.S. mammography centers have switched to digital imaging.
"One thing that concerns radiologists is that women will think film isn't good," the Mayo Clinic's Kathleen Brant told the newspaper.
"Our position is it is best to have a mammogram of any kind rather than no mammogram," said the chairwoman of the Rochester, Minn., clinic's breast imaging and intervention division.
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