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Part III: Breast cancer screening in Mexico
By Shalmali Pal
The final installment of our three-part series on breast cancer issues in the international community looks at the identification rate of malignant breast lesions in Mexican women.
October 22, 2003
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Part II: Breast cancer screening in India
In the second installment of our three-part series on international breast cancer issues, Dr. Uday Patil from Manipal Hospital in Bangalore discusses the state of mammography in his country.
October 21, 2003
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Regional, ethnic mammography disparity continues in California
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Regional and ethnic disparities in breast cancer screening remain significant in California, according to the latest Medicare mammography data compiled by CMRI, a San Francisco-based quality improvement organization.
October 20, 2003
Part I: Breast cancer screening in Romania
AuntMinnie.com is pleased to present the first installment of a three-part series on breast cancer issues in the international community. Dr. Ana Roxana Covali shares her experiences as a women's imaging specialist working in Iasi, Romania.
October 20, 2003
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iCAD signs U.S. distribution deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD of Nashua, NH, has signed a marketing and distribution deal with medical imaging equipment distributor National Imaging Resources (NIR) of Willoughby, OH.
October 15, 2003
Bringing residents back to breast imaging: An insider’s perspective
Why does the very idea of breast imaging twist motivated, inspired residents into scowling malcontents? And what would it take to entice radiology residents back to breast imaging? Or is it too late? Dr. G. Eric Morgan from the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA, offers some answers.
October 15, 2003
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S&S X-Ray launches mammo cushion
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
X-ray accessories firm S&S X-Ray Products of Houston has launched Squeeze-Ease Mammography Cushion, a mammography pad designed to ease the discomfort caused by compression during mammography studies.
October 14, 2003
GE to acquire remaining Instrumentarium shares
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems reported that as a result of its tender offer for all shares and options of Instrumentarium on October 6, it intends to acquire all the remaining shares and options in the Finnish firm.
October 13, 2003
FDA clears Second Look with SenoScan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Food and Drug Administration has cleared CADx Systems’ Second Look Digital computer-aided detection (CAD) system for integration with Fisher Imaging’s SenoScan TrueView full-field digital mammography (FFDM) product.
October 12, 2003
CAD finds additional breast cancers, study reiterates
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Three hundred and seventy-seven potentially missed breast cancers were retrospectively investigated. The previous (9-24 months prior to diagnosis) ‘normal’ screening mammograms of these 377 patients with breast cancer were reviewed.
October 12, 2003
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Racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes spark research
By Kate Madden Yee
Mammography has been the primary mode of breast cancer screening and diagnosis for more than 20 years, but the medical community continues to encounter women for whom screening mammography appears to have fallen short. In particular, why do women of color have more advanced-stage cancer when they are diagnosed?
October 9, 2003
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GE closes Instrumentarium deal
By Erik L. Ridley
Nearly 10 months after the acquisition bid was announced, GE Medical Systems has completed its purchase of Instrumentarium.
October 8, 2003
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