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Lunit AI software receives licensing from Health Canada

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Lunit has received commercial approval in Canada for its Insight radiology AI software suite.

June 19, 2022

Mammographic results vary across racial, ethnic groups

By Amerigo Allegretto

Non-Hispanic Black women are more likely to receive a false-negative breast cancer report and non-Hispanic white women have higher invasive cancer detection rates, wrote the authors of a study published June 17 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

June 16, 2022

Abbreviated MRI offers value in women with breast cancer history

By Amerigo Allegretto

Abbreviated breast MRI has better specificity and similar sensitivity compared with full-protocol MRI in detecting breast cancer in women with a personal history of the disease, South Korean researchers found in a study published June 14 in Radiology.

June 15, 2022

AI predicts breast cancer risk from normal ultrasound images

By Amerigo Allegretto

Artificial intelligence (AI) can predict risk for malignant breast lesions just by assessing normal-tissue ultrasound images, suggests research presented at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting in Kissimmee, FL.

June 14, 2022

DBT shines in high-risk women with extremely dense breasts

By Amerigo Allegretto

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) surpasses digital mammography for reducing risk of advanced breast cancer in high-risk women with extremely dense breasts, suggests a study of over half a million women published June 14 in JAMA.

June 14, 2022

FES-PET/CT can help detect breast cancer

By Wayne Forrest

F-18 fluoroestradiol (FES)-PET/CT can be useful in detecting clinically significant breast cancer, according to preliminary study results presented June 12 at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada.

June 13, 2022

Is contrast mammo or contrast MRI best for breast cancer?

By Kate Madden Yee

Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) and contrast-enhanced MRI (CE-MRI) show comparable performance when it comes to identifying breast cancer, but CE-MRI is more sensitive, a study published June 7 in Radiology has found.

June 8, 2022

Reminders can eliminate breast screening disparities

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Targeted text reminders and other interventions erase disparities related to breast cancer screening, the results of which were published April 19 in Population Health Management, says Illinois-based OSF Healthcare.

June 7, 2022

Biden signs MAMMO Act to improve breast imaging for veterans

By Brian Casey

President Joe Biden on June 7 signed the Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options for Veterans Act (the MAMMO Act), legislation that would improve breast imaging services for military veterans.

June 6, 2022

Older breast cancer patients may not need radiotherapy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women over the age of 55 with early-stage breast cancer may not need radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery, according to research presented June 7 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting in Chicago.

June 6, 2022

New elastography mode useful in detecting breast malignancies

By Amerigo Allegretto

A method of shear-wave ultrasound imaging called sound touch elastography (STE) can help identify breast malignancies by measuring tissue stiffness around lesions, a Chinese study published June 4 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology has found.

June 6, 2022

Are women with silicone breast implants getting follow-up MRI?

By Kate Madden Yee

Few women with silicone breast implants comply with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) recommendation that they be tracked for asymptomatic rupture with breast MRI, a study published June 3 in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has found.

June 5, 2022

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