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AccuBoost unveils new tech at ABS APBI school
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's health firm AccuBoost is introducing its Comfort+ positioning accessory at the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) School of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) being held November 14 and 15 in Chicago.
October 30, 2016
Focal Therapeutics highlights BioZorb research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device firm Focal Therapeutics is highlighting two studies that suggest the company's BioZorb surgical tissue marker improves treatment of women with breast cancer.
October 26, 2016
Sites wanted for TMIST breast imaging trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group is now recruiting medical facilities in preparation for the launch of the Tomosynthesis Mammography Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST) in mid-2017.
October 25, 2016
NYC official seeks more access to DBT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New York City Public Advocate Letitia James has called on New York City and the state of New York to expand access to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT).
October 25, 2016
CMR Naviscan highlights PEM study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Compañía Mexicana de Radiología (CMR) Naviscan is highlighting clinical results regarding positron emission mammography (PEM) published September 2 in European Radiology.
October 20, 2016
Nautilus Medical partners with AltusLearn
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nautilus Medical has partnered with AltusLearn in an agreement aimed at improving clinical education for digital breast tomosynthesis.
October 19, 2016
AccuBoost adds to customer list
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's health firm AccuBoost has installed its image-guided partial-breast irradiation technology at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford, MS.
October 18, 2016
CDC: Breast cancer death rate declines, but not equally
By Brian Casey
Fewer women in the U.S. are dying from breast cancer, but there is a disparity in death rates between black and white women, according to a report released October 14 from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report credits better education about breast screening and treatment among the reasons for the decline.
October 13, 2016
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PET/MRI detects distant metastasis of breast cancer
By Wayne Forrest
Breast cancer patients often face the additional risk of distant metastases, and the best way to find the presence of those abnormalities in the liver and bone is with PET/MRI, according to a study published in the October issue of Radiology.
October 13, 2016
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Breast cancer care in Afghanistan presents challenges
By Kate Madden Yee
Offering breast cancer care in a war zone requires a particular creativity, especially when resources -- including basic imaging -- are limited. In a research letter published online October 2 in the Breast Journal, surgeons at a military hospital near Kabul, Afghanistan, described their experience providing Afghan women with breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.
October 13, 2016
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NEJM: Treatment, not screening, cuts breast cancer deaths
By Kate Madden Yee
In yet another salvo in the ongoing battle over screening mammography, research published in the October 13 New England Journal of Medicine claims that the reduction in breast cancer mortality after the advent of screening mammography is primarily a result of improved systemic therapy, not earlier detection.
October 12, 2016
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Kopans: New NEJM paper offers rehash on 'overdiagnosis'
By Dr. Daniel Kopans
In this Second Opinion article, Dr. Daniel Kopans of Massachusetts General Hospital comments on a paper on breast screening by Welch et al published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Welch paper is based on false assumptions and makes the same mistakes as a 2012 paper on the same topic, according to Kopans.
October 12, 2016
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