Charleston Breast Center Advocates Women Get Mammograms at Age 40
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She points to the incredible cure rate for breast cancer that is caught early and hasn’t spread through other parts of the body: 99.9 percent.“Since mammograms began regularly in the United States in 1990, mortality – deaths from breast cancer – have decreased by 30 percent,” Amodei says.Part of that is because they weigh very heavily the risk of a false alarm,” Amodei says.The task force is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.Essentially, Amodei says, this task force’s overall mission is to look for cost-cutting measures that will shape Medicare coverage – and possibly coverage policies of private health insurance agencies.She points to the incredible cure rate for breast cancer that is caught early and hasn’t spread through other parts of the body: 99.9 percent.“Since mammograms began regularly in the United States in 1990, mortality – deaths from breast cancer – have decreased by 30 percent,” Amodei says.For more information, visit CharlestonBreastCenter.com or call (843) 556-0116.### Contact Information Charleston Breast Center Lyn Mettler (843) 606-0226 http://www.charlestonbreastcenter.com Click here to view the list of recent Press Releases from Charleston Breast Center Promote Your Business Press Release Pricing Email this page to a friend