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Breast cancer screening accelerates steadily despite bumps in the road
By Shalmali Pal
From 1996 to 2004, the utilization rate for screening mammography and breast ultrasound rose significantly, while the rate for diagnostic mammography decreased, according to a study from the Center for Research on Utilization of Imaging Services (CRUISE) at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
January 7, 2007
QSUM expands biopsy product line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast biopsy accessories developer QSUM Biopsy Disposables said it has released new products for the stereotactic, ultrasound, and MR biopsy markets.
January 1, 2007
Spring-loaded biopsy poses potential hazard of artificial tumor spread
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Spring-loaded 14-gauge biopsy guns come with a ballistics impact similar to that associated with firearms, according to an editorial in the current issue of the European Journal of Cancer Prevention (EJCP). As a result, cancer cells may scatter, causing damage to healthy tissue and/or spreading disease.
December 26, 2006
Minority women still face lag time for breast cancer diagnosis, treatment
By Shalmali Pal
Of all ethnic minorities, African-American women experience the most diagnostic and treatment delays for breast cancer. While this may not be new information to women's health specialists, it does emphasize the need for measures to remove these barriers, according to an international, multidisciplinary group of researchers.
December 26, 2006
What goes up must come down -- A new look at the 2003 drop in breast cancers
At the 2006 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, researchers credited a decline in new breast cancer cases in the U.S. to the fact that many older women have stopped hormone replacement therapy (HRT). In an editorial, Dr. Daniel Kopans, director of breast imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, offers an alternative explanation for this shift -- early detection.
December 21, 2006
Medipattern licenses B-CAD rights in southwest
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software firm Medipattern of Toronto has given distribution rights for its B-CAD ultrasound CAD product for the southwestern U.S. to distribution firm MammoSolutions of Houston.
December 19, 2006
Kodak files for Canadian OK of CR mammo system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Group of Rochester, NY, has filed an application with Health Canada for regulatory clearance of its computed radiography (CR) system for mammography.
December 18, 2006
Solid-state dual-head camera supercharges molecular breast imaging
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Molecular breast imaging's potential for detecting malignant tumors has been constrained by different factors, such as the limitation of conventional scintimammography with Tc-99m sestamibi in detecting smaller malignant tumors. But Mayo Clinic researchers may have overcome these drawbacks by developing a solid-state dual-head gamma camera for breast imaging.
December 18, 2006
TechniScan scores NIH grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound imaging technology developer TechniScan Medical Systems has received a $2.8 million Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
December 17, 2006
Aurora nets UMass install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI technology developer Aurora Imaging Technology has installed its 1.5-tesla dedicated breast MRI system at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, MA.
December 13, 2006
NCCN adds breast cancer hyperthermia therapy to guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
According to BSD Medical of Salt Lake City, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has added hyperthermia therapy and radiation as combination treatments in its 2007 Breast Cancer Guidelines for recurrent cancer of the chest wall and other localized cancer recurrences.
December 13, 2006
Fenics prepares launch of mammo viewer, readies CAD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization software developer Fenics of Lyon, France, is preparing to launch a new family of products, called Intelligent Diagnosis System, which includes a mammography viewer, classification tools, and, ultimately, computer-aided detection (CAD) functionality.
December 13, 2006
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