Mammograms Not Fail-Safe

Published : Monday, 12 Oct 2009, 10:03 PM CDT

Melissa Cutler
FOX 4 News

DALLAS - Doctors agree mammograms are the most cost effective way to screen large numbers of women for breast cancer. But experts say a mammogram can miss cancer in 15 to 20 percent of patients.

FOX 4's Melissa Cutler reports many who make up that group are those with dense breast tissue.

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