Breast: Page 269

Gap narrows in black, white breast cancer rates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast cancer incidence rates are converging among white and African-American women, according to an analysis to be published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
September 30, 2013
Appalachian women have higher rates of late-stage breast cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Older women living in the poorest areas of Appalachia fail to get regular breast cancer screening and have a higher incidence of late-stage breast cancer, according to a new study published in the journal Health Services Research.
September 25, 2013
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Breast cancer external-beam RT doesn't boost mortality
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Early-stage breast cancer patients who undergo external-beam radiation therapy (RT) are not at higher risk for serious long-term side effects, according to research presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting in Atlanta.
September 24, 2013
ARRS BIS: Sorting fact from fiction in mammography malpractice
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast imagers always try to minimize their exposure to medical malpractice, but the real risk of being sued is much lower than most radiologists estimate, according to a talk at this week's American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Breast Imaging Symposium (BIS) in Phoenix.
September 19, 2013
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GE touts ABUS study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is pointing to a recent study that showed that radiologists using automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) had high interreader agreement.
September 19, 2013
ARRS BIS: Breast tomo addresses overdiagnosis problem
By Kate Madden Yee
The combination of conventional mammography and breast tomosynthesis detects more invasive cancers than mammography alone -- potentially addressing the debate on overdiagnosis in mammography, according to a September 19 presentation at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Breast Imaging Symposium (BIS) in Phoenix.
September 19, 2013
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Shorter radiotherapy course works for breast cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Giving radiotherapy at a lower overall dose in fewer, higher doses over a shorter amount of time is at least as safe and effective as the current standard for most women with early breast cancer, concluded a study published online in Lancet Oncology.
September 17, 2013
More female vets stress VA breast screening program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An influx of female military veterans is putting the squeeze on the breast screening program at one Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital, according to a report published on September 18 in JAMA Surgery.
September 17, 2013
Matakina registers VolparaAnalytics with FDA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging software developer Matakina International announced registration of its new class I software medical device, VolparaAnalytics, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
September 17, 2013
Tight budget? Postpone breast cancer screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
When public health budgets are tight, mammography screening should begin later and occur less frequently, a cost-effectiveness analysis from the University of California, Davis has concluded.
September 16, 2013
Fear prompts cancer patients to remove healthy breasts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
More and more young women with breast cancer are choosing to remove their healthy breast to avoid recurrence and improve survival -- despite evidence that this doesn't help, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
September 15, 2013
Report: Canadian rad may have misread scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A healthcare network in Canada has sent letters to 3,500 patients alerting them that a radiologist may have misread their mammograms and CT exams, according to an article in the Toronto Star.
September 11, 2013
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