How to Use mammogram in a Sentence

mammogram

noun
  • She went to the hospital for her yearly mammogram.
  • Still, the health scare kept her away from mammograms for nearly a decade.
    — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The challenge, of course, is that mammograms won’t spot it.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Join us and learn more about the who, why, and when to get mammograms to screen for breast and chest health.
    — Kim Schuette/share, Cincinnati.com, 25 June 2019
  • And there are some new guidelines for when to start getting mammograms.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
  • On a mammogram, these breasts will appear mostly light gray or white.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Russo compared the test to a mammogram for the heart.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
  • So a transgender man still may need to get a yearly mammogram or pap smear.
    — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 12 June 2018
  • And there are going to be people who miss their mammograms and get breast cancer.
    — Dr. Laura Mulvey, Time, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Sutton goes for a mammogram and yells and screams the whole time like a wiffle ball bat with too many holes in it.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 June 2021
  • The mammogram is a screening test that is done when someone has no symptoms.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But sometimes this goes a touch too far—as in a scene where the character gets a mammogram.
    — Yohana Desta, HWD, 13 June 2017
  • If a provider sees that a patient has missed their first mammogram, the team should follow up to help close that gap.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In the quest to detect breast cancer early, mammograms have been a key tool for decades.
    — Laurie Saloman, Verywell Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • If the mammograms were flagged as suspicious, women were asked to come back for more tests.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
  • New study suggests routine mammograms could be a tool to protect against a silent killer.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Denser tissue, on the other hand, masks some cancers on a mammogram.
    — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 2 June 2023
  • The mammogram did not pick up the cancer; the ultrasound did.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2022
  • My problem is that my daughter (who is 41 years old) does not want to get a mammogram.
    — Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • It was contained in one breast and so tiny it could only be detected by a mammogram.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Many didn’t have insurance, didn’t know where to get a mammogram or couldn’t afford to take time off from work.
    — Angela Roberts, baltimoresun.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The coalition said in dense breasts, mammograms miss more than 50% of cancers present.
    — Anna Werner / [email protected], CBS News, 31 Oct. 2019
  • New research found missing a first mammogram was linked to a higher risk of breast cancer death.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Colden’s first two yearly mammograms were clear.
    — Ayren Jackson-Cannady, SELF, 29 May 2026
  • And then there's a high range that says there's an elevated risk of cancer on these mammograms.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 28 June 2023
  • In addition to mammograms, are there other tests that women should ask for?
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Because of this, mammograms may show only subtle changes, or sometimes none at all.
    — Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Busy Philipps, like many women, put off getting a mammogram during the last year.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2021
  • These screenings will be offered to women over the age of 40 who have not had a mammogram in the last year.
    — courant.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Experts liken it to using a mammogram to detect breast cancer.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026

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