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Women in developing nations face breast cancer barriers
By Kate Madden Yee
Women in developing nations face breast cancer screening and treatment barriers such as misconceptions about mammography services, insufficient access, or even having to deliver their own biopsies to labs for processing, according to a report published as a supplement to the April 1 issue of the Breast.
March 31, 2011
SIR: Ultrasound guides breast tumor treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The growth and spread of breast cancer tumors may be delayed with a treatment that combines two strategies: blocking the enzyme cancer cells need for energy and infusing a potent drug directly into the tumor with minimum exposure to healthy tissues, according to research presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual meeting in Chicago.
March 28, 2011
Study questions MRI for silicone implants
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women with silicone breast implants may not need regular follow-up with MRI, despite the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommendation that women with these implants undergo the scans in the years after surgery to screen for implant rupture, according to a new study.
March 28, 2011
SuperSonic Imagine adds 3D to Aixplorer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology firm SuperSonic Imagine has introduced a 3D breast package for its Aixplorer ultrasound system.
March 28, 2011
Photoacoustic and US tomography vie for breast imaging roles
By Tami Freeman
Mammography is the established method for breast cancer screening, with MRI often employed to follow up suspect lesions. But both have their limitations, spurring the development of alternative modalities such as photoacoustic and ultrasound tomography for breast imaging.
March 24, 2011
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Elastography aids in assessing axillary lymph nodes
By Erik L. Ridley
Ultrasound elastography can be a valuable adjunct to conventional ultrasound in preoperative assessment of axillary lymph nodes, according to research from the Cambridge Breast Unit in Cambridge, U.K.
March 24, 2011
iCAD sales dip in fourth quarter, year-end
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection firm iCAD posted a decline in 2010 fourth-quarter revenues and profits, which the firm attributed to transaction costs sustained from its purchase of brachytherapy device developer Xoft.
March 23, 2011
Are breast parenchymal patterns linked to cancer risk?
By Kate Madden Yee
Measuring breast tissue density by analyzing mammographic parenchymal patterns could help clinicians better determine a woman's breast cancer risk, according to a new study published online in Radiology. It could also lead to better patient care by enabling more accurate density measurements.
March 23, 2011
Adverse events reported in electronic brachytherapy patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
A form of intraoperative radiation therapy for breast cancer is making headlines this week following news reports of adverse events in patients treated with the technique. The reports indicate that tungsten particles were left behind in patients, and at least one lawsuit has been filed.
March 23, 2011
ART lands Ga. AccuBoost install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's health firm Advanced Radiation Therapy (ART) and radiation oncology firm Nucletron have won a contract to install an AccuBoost breast brachytherapy system at a cancer center in Georgia.
March 22, 2011
Naviscan nets Stereo Navigator sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Naviscan has installed its Stereo Navigator position emission mammography-guided biopsy system at the Center for Advanced Breast Care in Arlington Heights, IL.
March 21, 2011
Better radiologist-RT relationships boost imaging center success
By Kate Madden Yee
At a busy breast imaging center, radiologists and radiologic technologists (RTs) work side by side, often with stressful workloads. It's crucial that they work together smoothly: If relations are rocky, the quality of patient care can suffer, and tension can lead to attrition.
March 21, 2011
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