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mammogrammam‧mo‧gram /ˈmæməɡræm/ noun [countable]   - Currently, Medicare covers no preventive measures except for flu shots and mammograms every other year for women over 65.
- For women 50 and older, follow-up mammograms within seven months found the original screening was 98. 5 percent accurate.
- Her piece on mammogram testing was great; direct, personal, nicely crafted.
- Klausner estimated that regular mammograms for women in their 40s could save 1, 500 to 2, 000 lives each year.
- Participants received mammograms, then follow-up screenings in succeeding months.
- Patients refused mammograms in 23 percent of the cases.
- The extreme unpleasantness of the mammogram is systematically and deliberately underplayed by the proponents of mass screening.
ADJECTIVE► regular· The agency has already recommended that women over the age of 50 get regular mammograms.· Klausner estimated that regular mammograms for women in their 40s could save 1, 500 to 2, 000 lives each year.· In December, the agency withdrew its 1987 guideline recommending regular mammograms for all women 40 and older.· The panel did not address the value of regular mammograms for women aged 50 or older. VERB► get· The agency has already recommended that women over the age of 50 get regular mammograms. an X-ray picture of a woman’s breasts used to check for signs of cancer |