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A diagnosis of cervical cancer can be devastating, especially for women still in their childbearing years. But new research from Sweden published in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology suggests that contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) could offer these women a way to preserve their fertility, due to its ability to identify tumors small enough to permit fertility-sparing surgery.

Check out our Insider Exclusive to learn more about how CEUS compared with conventional ultrasound for finding cervical cancer.

When you've finished reading our featured article, take a look at what else is going on in the Women's Imaging Community:

• Is risk-based breast cancer screening more cost-effective? Discover what U.K. researchers have to say.
• How does having access to prior images affect the recall rate for digital breast tomosynthesis? Click here to find out.
• Check out what investigators from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center reported about the value of subspecialist second opinions for mammography.
• Learn what researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN, observed when they used artificial intelligence technology to analyze how radiologists read mammograms.
• Discover why a team from Norway says that having dense breast tissue translates into higher cancer odds.
• The problem of overdiagnosis in cancer screening has been hotly debated for years, in part because the meaning of the term can be unclear. A group from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice has published a definition in an attempt to clear the confusion.

Finally, if you have a comment, report, or article idea to share about any aspect of women's imaging, I invite you to contact me.