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Despite the fact that continued surveillance is crucial for early detection of new and recurrent cancers in breast cancer survivors, many of these women do not undergo appropriate follow-up, according to a study we're highlighting in this edition's Insider Exclusive. Find out which factors researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered may inhibit these women's compliance -- and how clinicians might develop interventions.

When you've finished reading our featured article, take a look at what else is going on in the ul.editorialList li {margin-bottom:12px;}

• The debate over mammography screening often gets personal, with partisans on either side accusing the other of conflict of interest. But how common really are such conflicts? A new study sheds some light.
• How well do contrast-enhanced digital mammography and molecular breast imaging perform relative to breast MRI for staging newly diagnosed breast cancer? University of Pittsburgh researchers put all three to the test.
• Are most women with breast lesions classified as BI-RADS 3 -- equivocal for cancer -- being followed up appropriately? Many are not, according to a new study.
• There are a lot of things to love about digital breast tomosynthesis (recent articles in the lay press notwithstanding). Is a reduced need for follow-up studies one of them?
• In news out of Europe, researchers from the Netherlands found that MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound works well as a treatment for uterine fibroids.

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