The idea behind mammograms is that there is a benefit to detecting tumors early on, when they are smaller.

Consideration should also be given to renal ultrasound to detect synchronous tumors.

A mammogram can also detect tumors or abnormal areas that are too small to be felt with the hands.

Children of affected parents should have a specialist examination every year to detect developing tumors.

Even if current studies don't show a statistically significant survival advantage, mammography makes it possible to detect tumors at an earlier stage.

And mammograms, X-rays of the breast, can detect tumors before they are large enough to feel.

In women 50 to 65, annual mammograms have been clearly shown to save lives by detecting tumors early.

Researchers have found that breast tissue is denser among younger women, making it difficult to detect tumors.

He and other researchers theorized that it would be possible to put a person inside a magnetic field to detect tumors without biopsies.

The new technology can detect tumors of less than a centimeter, which increases the chance for recovery.