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The must-know for breast imaging in transgender patients

By Theresa Pablos

An estimated 1.2 million transgender people live in the U.S., and a rising number of people are choosing to alter their breast appearance with surgery and hormone therapy. An article in Radiographics outlined what radiologists need to know about breast imaging for the transgender population.

January 29, 2020

Study supports interval MRI for likely benign findings

By Theresa Pablos

Major cancer organizations recommend interval MRI screenings for women with a breast MRI finding likely to be benign. But are these follow-up screenings of patients categorized as BI-RADS 3 effective for catching cancer? New research shows they are -- to a certain extent.

January 26, 2020

Elastography shows high reproducibility in breast lesions

By Theresa Pablos

Two different ultrasound elastography techniques -- strain elastography and shear-wave elastography -- showed high interoperator reproducibility when scanning breast lesions in a new study, published on January 21 in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.

January 23, 2020

Late-stage cancers dropped after Mass. health expansion

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The number of late-stage colon cancer diagnoses dropped in Massachusetts after the expansion of healthcare coverage in the state, a move that served as the model for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

January 22, 2020

Biomarkers on PET, MRI show breast cancer risk

By Brian Casey

In a finding they described as "unexpected," researchers used PET and MRI to discover that women with a malignant tumor in one breast have lower levels of certain biomarkers in the contralateral, healthy breast. Results were published in the January edition of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

January 22, 2020

2 ultrasound features predict cancer recurrence risk

By Theresa Pablos

Machine learning might one day be able to tell which breast cancer patients will benefit from additional genetic testing. In a recent study, researchers used natural language processing to identify key features from ultrasound reports associated with cancer recurrence risk.

January 22, 2020

Hey, Alexa -- Tell me about breast density

By Theresa Pablos

Asking personal assistants like Alexa about complex health issues isn't a reality now, but one day it might be. Researchers describe how an interactive health educator called Danya could teach women about breast density in a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on January 9.

January 15, 2020

Can QA sessions help technologists read mammograms?

By Theresa Pablos

Would the use of technologists to interpret screening mammograms be a viable option if their performance were improved through regular quality assurance (QA) sessions with radiologists? Maybe, but not by much, according to the findings of a new study from the Netherlands published on January 7 in Radiology.

January 13, 2020

Hologic expects revenue growth in 2020 Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging firm Hologic reported increases in revenue in its first-quarter preliminary results, with notable growth in its Surgical, Diagnostics, and Breast Health divisions.

January 12, 2020

Life Image, Univ. of Chicago partner on breast study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical image-sharing provider Life Image will provide its Mammosphere breast health data access tool to the University of Chicago to support a large-scale clinical trial for breast cancer screening.

January 12, 2020

Insurance plays major role in breast cancer disparities

By Theresa Pablos

Racial and ethnic minority women are more likely to be diagnosed with an advanced stage of breast cancer, and insurance may be partly to blame. Insurance status accounted for nearly half of the diagnosis disparity among minority women in a study published online January 9 in JAMA Oncology.

January 12, 2020

Are breast density notification laws really working?

By Theresa Pablos

Are breast density notification laws really working to educate women? The laws may not be increasing women's knowledge about the health risks associated with having dense breasts, according to a new study published January 9 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

January 8, 2020

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