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Densitas partners with U.K. teaching hospitals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical software developer Densitas is teaming with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust in the U.K. to bring its breast screening and breast density measurement software to the U.K.
July 24, 2018
Endomagnetics wins FDA approval for Sentimag
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Endomagnetics' Magtrace and Sentimag magnetic localization system for guiding sentinel lymph node biopsies in certain patients with breast cancer.
July 24, 2018
FDA: ACR may include DBT in quality control manual
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed the American College of Radiology (ACR) to incorporate digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) quality control (QC) test procedures into the ACR Digital Mammography Quality Control Manual.
July 23, 2018
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Radiologist factors influence mammography recall rates
By Kate Madden Yee
Factors associated with radiologists -- such as their annual reading volume and experience -- can affect breast cancer screening recall rates just as much as patient characteristics such as age or breast tissue density, according to a study published online July 20 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
July 23, 2018
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Breast cancer patients face financial burdens
By Kate Madden Yee
A diagnosis of breast cancer may not cause the physical ruin it once did, thanks to improvements in early detection and treatment. But it can cause financial devastation, which can be just as damaging, according to a study published online July 23 in Cancer.
July 22, 2018
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Geographic factors affect mammography uptake
By Kate Madden Yee
Use of mammography screening services in the Medicare population varies at the U.S. county level and is lowest in rural counties, according to a study published online July 17 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
July 18, 2018
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SWE helps characterize suspicious breast masses
By Kate Madden Yee
Adding shear-wave elastography (SWE) to ultrasound helps characterize suspicious breast masses, especially those in the BI-RADS 3 and BI-RADS 4 categories, according to research published online July 10 in Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging.
July 17, 2018
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House committee further delays USPSTF mammo recommendations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A U.S. House of Representatives committee has voted to further extend the current moratorium against the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) 2009 breast cancer screening recommendations and to increase spending for the National Institutes of Health, according to the American College of Radiology.
July 15, 2018
Breast cancer follow-up imaging varies widely
By Kate Madden Yee
Follow-up imaging for women with nonmetastatic breast cancer varies widely across the U.S., with some women going without annual mammography postdiagnosis and others getting too much imaging via full-body scans, according to a study in the July issue of the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
July 13, 2018
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Early breast cancer screening = less-extensive treatment
By Kate Madden Yee
Regular breast cancer screening with mammography for younger women translates into a lower stage at breast cancer diagnosis and less-extensive treatment, according to a study published online July 9 in the Annals of Surgical Oncology.
July 11, 2018
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NH passes DBT insurance bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire has signed a bill that requires insurers to cover digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), the American College of Radiology reported.
July 10, 2018
Mammography screening should consider radiation risk
By Kate Madden Yee
A woman's risk of radiation-induced cancer from regular screening mammography should be taken into consideration when assessing the performance of breast cancer screening programs, according to a study published in the August issue of Radiography.
July 10, 2018
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