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Article: Fake breasts hinder tests for cancer.(News)
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- The Boston Herald
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- February 20, 2005
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Byline: JESSICA HESLAM
As the number of breast implants skyrockets, Bay State doctors say giving mammograms to women with fake breasts takes double the time.
"Implants are a nuisance for detecting breast cancer," said Dr. Daniel Kopans, director of the Breast Imaging Division at Massachusetts General Hospital. "We do a pretty good job; the problem is they can get in the way."
While local doctors who do mammograms haven't yet seen a big increase in the number of women with breast implants, women who got them in their 20s and 30s are starting to show up for mammograms, a special X-ray of the breast used to detect breast cancer. Mammograms are ...