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JAMA: Breast cancer diagnosis and survival vary by race

By Kate Madden Yee

Race and ethnicity influence the likelihood that women in the U.S. will receive an early diagnosis of breast cancer, as well as their survival after stage I diagnosis, according to a study published in the new issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

January 15, 2015

Mich. governor signs breast density bill into law

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Gov. Rick Synder has signed Michigan's breast density notification bill into law, making the state the 21st in the U.S. to enact such legislation.

January 14, 2015

CAD for breast CT is improved with spiculation detection

University of Chicago researchers significantly improved the performance of their computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm for breast CT studies by having it detect lesion spiculation automatically, according to a new study.

January 14, 2015

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Annual DBT screening could slash health costs, study finds

By Kate Madden Yee

By reducing recalls and catching breast cancer earlier, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) could yield hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. healthcare cost savings if it were added to mammography for annual breast cancer screening, according to a new study conducted by Truven Health Analytics.

January 13, 2015

Ohio enacts breast density bill

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Gov. John Kasich has signed Ohio's breast density notification bill into law, making the state the 20th in the U.S. to enact such legislation.

January 12, 2015

Hologic revenues rise in Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Thanks to growth in all of its business segments, women's imaging vendor Hologic expects to post a 7% increase in revenue for its first fiscal quarter of 2015.

January 11, 2015

Calibration coming for color displays; new questions about breast density; can imaging predict future behavior?

January 7, 2015

Half of Calif. primary care docs unaware of breast density law

By Kate Madden Yee

Half of California's primary care physicians are unaware of the state's breast density notification law, which suggests that the legislation has been unsuccessful in promoting discussions between women and their caregivers about breast cancer risk, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

January 6, 2015

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TiaLinx to develop RF imaging unit for breast cancer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiometry sensor developer TiaLinx announced that it is developing AR60-A, a laptop-sized, portable system that uses radiofrequency (RF) imaging to detect abnormal tissue in female breasts.

January 4, 2015

Tomo plus digital mammography decreases recalls by 37%

By Kate Madden Yee

Adding tomosynthesis to digital mammography for breast cancer screening reduces recall rates by 37%, with the technique recording better performance for certain types of breast abnormalities, according to a new study in the January issue of Radiology.

January 4, 2015

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ACS: Cancer deaths drop 22% over 2 decades

The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently reported that there has been a 22% drop in mortality from cancer in the U.S. over the past two decades, a decline that translates into the avoidance of over 1.5 million cancer deaths.

January 1, 2015

SABCS: Breast density helps better predict cancer risk

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Adding a measurement of breast density to cancer risk models better predicts women's risk and helps make personalized screening possible, according to a study presented this week at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

December 18, 2014

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