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Dilon scores 1st U.S. GammaLoc install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast-specific gamma imaging developer Dilon Diagnostics has installed its first GammaLoc lesion-localization system in the U.S.
April 20, 2010
Breast density linked to increased breast cancer risk
By Kate Madden Yee
Women with breast density of at least 75% on a mammogram have a four to five times greater risk of breast cancer than women with little or no density, making density a strong indicator for cancer risk, according to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Washington, DC.
April 20, 2010
Siemens aids molecular breast cancer study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center have presented a study that detailed the successful utilization of in vivo PET and SPECT molecular imaging techniques in animal subjects with triple-negative breast cancer to better enable patient selection for targeted therapies.
April 19, 2010
Race affects breast cancer diagnosis, treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Black women wait twice as long as white women for treatment following a definitive diagnosis of breast cancer, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the George Washington University Cancer Institute with support from the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
April 19, 2010
Aurora's Cheng named to advisory board
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Olivia Ho Cheng, president and CEO of breast MRI technology developer Aurora Imaging Technology, has been named to the Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics (BC CBMP) International Business and Scientific Advisory Board.
April 18, 2010
Merge wins NY contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has won a contract with a breast imaging center based in New York state.
April 15, 2010
ACR launches breast MRI program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) will launch a breast MRI accreditation program on May 10.
April 8, 2010
Ontario group funds new breast cancer probe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research has made an investment in the development of a radiolabeled insulin probe for the early detection of breast cancer.
April 6, 2010
TechniScan nets bridge financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast ultrasound imaging developer TechniScan has closed on the first $1.85 million of a proposed $2.5 million in bridge financing.
April 5, 2010
Controversy dogs Nordic mammo group; molecular breast tomosynthesis
By Brian Casey
April 5, 2010
BRCA carriers have higher risk of contralateral breast cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Women who develop breast cancer before the age of 55 and who carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes are four times as likely to develop cancer in the other breast, according to a new study published online April 5 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
April 5, 2010
Authors of Nordic mammo study no strangers to controversy
By Kate Madden Yee
The debate over mammography got hotter last month with the publication of a study by Nordic researchers claiming there's no evidence that mammography screening reduces death rates. Some mammography advocates have taken issue with what they say is an antiscreening bias on the part of the research group.
April 5, 2010
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