Womens Imaging: Page 121

Physicians often miss rad therapy side effects

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Physicians often missed key side effects of radiation therapy in patients with breast cancer who participated in a new study being presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Common side effects missed by physicians included pain, itchy skin, swelling, and fatigue.

December 9, 2020

Pregnancy is safe for breast cancer survivors

By Theresa Pablos

Most breast cancer survivors who get pregnant have good outcomes and deliver healthy babies, according to research presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. However, survivors are at an increased risk for preterm labor and delivering babies with a low birth weight.

December 9, 2020

Black women with breast cancer show high comorbidity rates

By Theresa Pablos

Black women had high rates of health conditions linked to worse breast cancer outcomes in a study published on December 7 in Cancer. These trends could be contributing to worse breast cancer outcomes for Black women despite years of better treatment options and widespread screening mammography.

December 9, 2020

Skipping rad therapy may not hinder breast cancer survival

By Theresa Pablos

Forgoing radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery may not negatively affect survival outcomes for some women with breast cancer, according to new study data presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

December 8, 2020

AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Theresa Pablos

December 8, 2020

ScreenPoint reaches Transpara milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Dutch artificial intelligence (AI) software developer ScreenPoint Medical said that its Transpara AI software has been used to assist radiologists in interpreting more than 1 million mammograms around the world.

December 7, 2020

MRI radiomics predicts axillary lymph node metastasis

By Erik L. Ridley

In patients with early-stage breast cancer, "signatures" derived from MRI radiomics and patient clinical risk characteristics can be utilized to preoperatively predict axillary lymph node metastasis as well as disease-free survival, according to research published online December 8 in JAMA Network Open.

December 7, 2020

MRI screening may benefit women with prior breast cancer

By Theresa Pablos

Women with a personal history of breast cancer may benefit from routine MRI screening, according to two presentations at the virtual RSNA meeting. Both studies found MRI detected a substantial number of new cancers without increasing biopsy rates.

December 6, 2020

DBT outperforms mammo in cancer detection, false negatives

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) improves cancer detection and has lower false-negative rates when compared with digital mammography, according to a study published on December 1 in Radiology.

December 3, 2020

FDA relaxes MQSA rules during COVID-19 emergency

By Brian Casey

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue new guidelines that relax some of the regulatory requirements for breast imaging facilities under the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA).

December 3, 2020

Ibex Medical Analytics, Institut Curie partner on breast cancer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ibex Medical Analytics and Institut Curie are joining forces to improve breast cancer detection using artificial intelligence.

December 3, 2020

Morris named chair of UC Davis radiology

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Dr. Elizabeth Morris has been named chair of the department of radiology at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis).

December 1, 2020

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