Digital vs Traditional Mammography

November 2005:

http://www.acr.org/SecondaryMainMenuCategories/NewsPublications/FeaturedCategories/ACRBulletin/Archives/2005/November2005/ACRINAnnouncesDMISTResultsDoc5.aspx

who benefits from digital mammography:

Dr Pisano explained that the results from DMIST, a large clinical trial of digital versus film mammography, showed certain groups may benefit significantly from digital mammograms:

• women with dense breasts


• women who are premenopausal or perimenopausal


• women who are younger than age 50

For the general population of women, digital and film mammography were equally effective.