Findings more frequent in mammograms (according to BIRADS classification) in patients older than 35 years, conducted during the months of September 2012 to January 2013 in the Hospital San Juan de Dios

Mammography are performed in the Hospital San Juan de Dios in a period of four months between September 2012 to January 2013 to women over 35 years. This has allowed to know the situation of the Servicio de Radiologia and raise awareness of the importance of having equipment of high and latest technology in the institution such as digital mammography. The advantages of having this equipment have been: low doses of radiation, better visualization dense breast because it has better contrast between tissues, the radiologist has able determine a more secure diagnosis for each patient, has reduced the use of complementary studies as breast ultrasound and other mammographic and has reduced morbidity of patients contributing to the timely diagnosis of breast cancer in early stages