10/30/2026
It's Fact-Check Friday!
Myth or Fact: Other screening tests like thermograms, ultrasound, or blood tests are just as effective as mammograms.
MYTH! To date, mammograms are the only screening test that have been medically proven to reduce breast cancer mortality. Compared to mammograms, no other test has undergone such rigorous clinical trials with decades of patient follow-up monitoring.
Furthermore, no other test has as much patient-focused safety, quality assurance, and staff training regulations as mammograms. For these important reasons, all women have screening mammograms yearly, starting at age 40. Other screening tests may supplement but not replace mammograms.
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