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Hologic, Rad-Aid to tackle breast cancer disparities
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hologic has partnered with radiology humanitarian organization Rad-Aid and the Black Women's Health Imperative on a campaign to tackle breast cancer screening disparities in Black women.
October 13, 2020
2016 10 05 17 45 45 493 Breast Cancer 400
Benefits of ultrasound fetal size estimates questioned
By Theresa Pablos
The benefits of using third-trimester ultrasound scans to predict large infant size may be limited, according to a review published online October 13 in PLOS Medicine. Ultrasound size estimates failed to reliably predict one of the most common complications of delivering large newborns.
October 13, 2020
2019 04 15 23 11 1614 Fetal Ultrasound 400
4D MRI could be big leap forward for fetal heart imaging
By Theresa Pablos
Clinicians could have better information about fetal heart health thanks to a new imaging method developed by researchers from London. The team described how they used 4D MRI to measure volumetric blood flow in a paper published on October 5 in Nature Communications.
October 11, 2020
2016 10 12 11 02 26 66 Fetus Mri 400
Screening saves lives of women with high-risk tumors
By Theresa Pablos
Women with high-risk breast tumors had more than double the chance of distant cancer spread if their cancer was interval detected rather than found on screening mammography, according to research presented on October 3 at the 2020 European Breast Cancer Conference.
October 8, 2020
2019 09 18 21 21 9195 Breast Cancer Cell2 400
2 breast lesion traits that signal future cancer risk
By Theresa Pablos
Not all benign findings on screening mammography are equal. A Spanish team identified two characteristics of benign lesions that signal an increased risk of future malignancy in new research presented on October 3 at the 2020 European Breast Cancer Conference.
October 7, 2020
2017 08 07 15 01 24 87 Mammo Reading 400
Image-guided biopsy spots residual breast cancer
By Erik L. Ridley
Image-guided biopsies performed after breast cancer patients have been treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy can predict the presence of residual cancer, potentially avoiding the need for surgery, a multinational team of researchers reported in an article published online October 7 in JAMA Surgery.
October 6, 2020
2016 10 05 17 45 45 493 Breast Cancer 400
Bayer, Healthy Women launch breast density campaign
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bayer and HealthyWomen have launched the Understand Your Density campaign to increase women's awareness about their breast density and their needs for supplemental screenings.
October 6, 2020
2019 12 19 17 46 9582 Bayer Rsna 2019 400
CT scans can predict CVD risk in breast cancer patients
By Theresa Pablos
Clinicians used CT scans of coronary artery calcium to predict which patients undergoing treatment for breast cancer were at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to study findings presented on October 2 at the 2020 European Breast Cancer Conference.
October 6, 2020
2020 03 18 21 05 1772 Woman Chest Pain 400
FES-PET could predict endometrial cancer outcomes
By Wayne Forrest
PET imaging with the radiotracer F-18 fluoroestradiol (FES) can help determine how well patients will fare after a diagnosis of endometrial cancer, according to a study published October 2 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
October 6, 2020
2020 10 06 20 08 2046 Endometrium Uterus Treatment 400
NCCN updates translations of breast cancer guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is updating translations of its NCCN Guidelines for Breast Cancer throughout the month of October.
October 4, 2020
2017 04 26 10 58 14 184 Pink Ribbon 400
Language can be barrier to breast screening
By Rebekah Moan
Women who only speak Spanish have a 27% less likelihood of getting a screening mammogram than English speakers, according to a study presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2020. And Spanish speakers aren't the only ones -- by and large, women who speak limited English are less likely to receive breast cancer screening.
October 2, 2020
2018 05 09 23 07 2005 Patient Hispanic 400
One-third of women delay mammograms due to COVID-19 fears
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
One in three women delayed their mammograms due to COVID-19, and 45% are nervous about visiting their doctor for the same reason, according to a new survey by cancer information media company SurvivorNet.
October 1, 2020
2017 03 30 15 16 56 745 Mammogram Calendar 400
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