Many women receive unnecessary mammograms before breast reduction surgery

After looking through the records of more than 52,000 women (mean age of 43) evaluated for breast reduction between 2009 and 2015, the authors found nearly one-third of those younger than 40 underwent mammography prior to surgery. Additionally, the study showed 30 percent of women ages 30 to 39 had mammograms before elective surgery—five times higher than that seen in other women their age, according to the study. "Altering screening mammography for patients younger than 40 years in the...

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