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Define the medical term mammography. uses magnets and radio waves, and the insertion of a contrast medium via IV, to get more detailed information for those already diagnosed with cancer or to look for signs of cancer in patients at high risk a nuclear medicine technique using gamma radiation to detect potential tumors in particularly dense breast tissue an x-ray examination of the breasts to detect any presence of tumors or precancerous cells a test performed by a trained health care provider to check the texture, size, and consistency of the breast as well as the lymph nodes in the armpit Define the medical term mammography uses magnets and radio waves,and the insertion of a contrast medium via IV to get more detailed information for those already diagnosed with cancer or to look for signs of cancer in patients at high risk a nuclear medicine technique using gamma radiation to detect potential tumors in particularly dense breast tissue an x-ray examination of the breasts to detect any presence of tumors or precancerous cells a test performed by a trained health care provider to check the texture,size and consistency of the breast as well as the lymph nodes in the armpit

          Define the medical term mammography.
uses magnets and radio waves, and the insertion of a contrast medium via IV, to get more detailed information for those already diagnosed with cancer or to look for signs of cancer in patients at high risk
a nuclear medicine technique using gamma radiation to detect potential tumors in particularly dense breast tissue
an x-ray examination of the breasts to detect any presence of tumors or precancerous cells
a test performed by a trained health care provider to check the texture, size, and consistency of the breast as well as the lymph nodes in the armpit
Define the medical term mammography
uses magnets and radio waves,and the insertion of a contrast medium via IV to get more detailed information for those already diagnosed with cancer or to look for signs of cancer in patients at high risk
a nuclear medicine technique using gamma radiation to detect potential tumors in particularly dense breast tissue
an x-ray examination of the breasts to detect any presence of tumors or precancerous cells
a test performed by a trained health care provider to check the texture,size and consistency of the breast as well as the lymph nodes in the armpit
        
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Define the medical term mammography. uses magnets and radio waves, and the insertion of a contrast medium via IV, to get more detailed information for those already diagnosed with cancer or to look for signs of cancer in patients at high risk a nuclear medicine technique using gamma radiation to detect potential tumors in particularly dense breast tissue an x-ray examination of the breasts to detect any presence of tumors or precancerous cells a test performed by a trained health care provider to check the texture, size, and consistency of the breast as well as the lymph nodes in the armpit Define the medical term mammography uses magnets and radio waves,and the insertion of a contrast medium via IV to get more detailed information for those already diagnosed with cancer or to look for signs of cancer in patients at high risk a nuclear medicine technique using gamma radiation to detect potential tumors in particularly dense breast tissue an x-ray examination of the breasts to detect any presence of tumors or precancerous cells a test performed by a trained health care provider to check the texture,size and consistency of the breast as well as the lymph nodes in the armpit
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00:01 To summarize the above information, we'll start off with mammography screening.
00:09 So mammography screening is a widely available method for detecting breast cancer...
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