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Matakina hires Mezzoprete as VP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Matakina International has named David Mezzoprete as vice president of sales for North America.
January 31, 2012
JACR: Surgical breast biopsy not overused
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Surgical breast biopsies may not be as overused as previously thought, according to a study in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
January 31, 2012
Utah sends breast density bill to Senate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A committee in the Utah state Senate has approved legislation that would encourage that state's radiologists to include breast density data on mammogram results sent to patients.
January 30, 2012
Robotic IMRT-APBI works well for breast cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
For qualified patients diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) brachytherapy offers an abbreviated course of treatment. But APBI delivered by a robotic intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) system offers the additional advantage of being noninvasive.
January 30, 2012
Hologic revenues, earnings up in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Growth in all four of its operating segments propelled women's health vendor Hologic to a 9% revenue gain in its fiscal 2012 first quarter.
January 29, 2012
AIE renews Hologic contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image processing software developer Advanced Image Enhancement (AIE) has renewed its licensing contract with women's imaging vendor Hologic.
January 29, 2012
GE installs 1st MBI system in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has installed its Discovery NM 750b molecular breast imaging (MBI) system at Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell in Pennington, NJ.
January 29, 2012
Pre-op MRI reduces repeat surgery for breast cancer patients
By Kate Madden Yee
The use of preoperative MRI in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer enables surgeons to remove tumors more completely, researchers at Yale University report. As a result, breast cancer patients who undergo pre-op MRI are less likely to require a second excision procedure.
January 29, 2012
CDC: U.S. screening rates miss targets
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer screening for three common cancers covered by U.S. screening programs still lags behind target levels, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this week.
January 26, 2012
AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
January 25, 2012
LCIS lesions found on biopsy should be removed
By Kate Madden Yee
Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) is a relatively rare high risk marker for breast cancer, but LCIS lesions found on core needle biopsy should be removed, according to a new study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 24, 2012
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BSGI equals MRI as an adjunct in breast cancer cases
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers in Oregon have concluded that breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) is equivalent to MRI as an adjunct imaging modality for diagnosing breast cancer. BSGI may be particularly useful in evaluating women at high risk for cancer, or those with dense breasts.
January 24, 2012
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