Breast: Page 70

Breast MRI proves useful for mastectomy staging

By Kate Madden Yee

Breast MRI can identify hidden cancers before a woman undergoes planned bilateral prophylactic mastectomy -- thus helping clinicians determine whether sentinel lymph node sampling is needed before surgery.

April 29, 2021

Three Palm updates WorkstationOne breast imaging software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast imaging software developer Three Palm Software has released the latest update of its WorkstationOne software.

April 28, 2021

Hologic's growth continues in Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Hologic has continued to post significant increases in revenue, with revenues doubling in the company's second quarter. The growth was driven primarily by demand for the company's SARS-CoV-2 assays, but revenues in Hologic's Breast Health business also increased.

April 28, 2021

COVID-19 caused 'sharp decline' in breast cancer screening

By Amerigo Allegretto

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a sharp decline in cancer screening in the U.S., and almost 4 million breast screening exams still need to be caught up, according to new research published Thursday in JAMA Oncology.

April 28, 2021

Which screening test is most effective for older women?

By Kate Madden Yee

If you could only pick one screening exam to recommend for women in a year -- just one -- which one would it be? Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic pondered this question and posted their findings in a modeling study published April 29 in JAMA Oncology.

April 28, 2021

AI can improve performance of breast MRI

By Kate Madden Yee

Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can improve the performance of breast MRI, both by helping women avoid benign biopsies and by predicting nodal metastasis so that clinicians can better plan treatment, according to research presented at the recent virtual American Roentgen Ray Society meeting.

April 28, 2021

DenseBreast-Info.org touts new study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Web-based education can tighten the gaps in breast density knowledge among women's health providers, according to a study supported by DenseBreast-Info.org and published April 28 in Menopause.

April 27, 2021

Could combining DBT with digital mammography be cost-effective?

By Amerigo Allegretto

Combining digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) with digital mammography could be cost-effective, according to new research published April 22 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

April 25, 2021

Combining DBT with ultrasound could decrease recall rates

By Amerigo Allegretto

Women with dense breast tissue who received supplemental whole-breast ultrasound with their digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) screening exams had a lower rate of abnormal interpretations in a study presented at the 2021 American Roentgen Ray Society meeting.

April 22, 2021

Breast cancer screening beyond mammography needs better coverage

By Jonathan Kay and Andrea Wolf

Women may not be getting the breast screening they need, due to a lack of insurance coverage for modalities beyond mammography. Jonathan Kay and Andrea Wolf of the Brem Foundation offer a perspective.

April 22, 2021

Mammography device reduces compression pain

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A Pennsylvania inventor has created a new type of mammography compression device that's designed to reduce pain experienced by women from compression during breast exams.

April 21, 2021

AI could help improve cancer detection on breast ultrasound

By Amerigo Allegretto

Artificial intelligence (AI) can detect and diagnose cancer on breast ultrasound with accuracy comparable to that of radiologists, according to research presented Monday at the 2021 virtual American Roentgen Ray Society meeting.

April 19, 2021

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