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Which mammogram is better digital or old style Xray machine?

by tsmith1997, Sep 18, 2007 03:57PM
My mom just had a standard mammogram done and it showed a suspicious mass in her right breast.  The doctors office called her and advised her to have a digital mammogram done.
What is the difference between the mammograms and is one better then the other??
Earlier this year she had a biopsy done on her left breast and that came back fine just a cysts.
So is there more room for concern or are we jumping the gun?
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by barbea, Sep 19, 2007 02:01AM
To: TSMITH1997
i'M No doctor, but I believe the digital mammo is far superior to the standard one.  I don't quite understand the order for one mammo over the other if the other has already detected a suspicious mass, but that wasn't your question
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