Womens Imaging: Page 131

Shorter MRI works for patients with breast cancer history

By Theresa Pablos

Breast MRI with a shorter screening protocol can still help detect cancer recurrence for women with a personal history of breast cancer, according to a study published on March 12 in PLOS One. Abbreviated MRI with an 11-minute protocol identified almost a dozen cancers missed by alternative screening modalities.

March 24, 2020

Is the annual cost of breast cancer screening worth it?

By Kate Madden Yee

The total national cost of annual breast cancer screening in a population of younger, commercially insured women is $2.1 billion in the U.S., according to a research letter published online March 23 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

March 23, 2020

Mammography alone effective for fatty tissue evaluation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Diagnostic mammography is effective on its own for evaluating palpable breast cancer symptoms in women with almost entirely fatty breast tissue, according to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

March 22, 2020

Breast MRI works as presurgical tool

By Theresa Pablos

Breast MRI may improve surgical success for women with breast cancer, according to a study published on March 17 in Radiology. Patients who underwent presurgical MRI had fewer positive surgical margins and repeat surgeries than those who did not.

March 19, 2020

CT details effect of COVID-19 on pregnant women

By Abraham Kim

Does COVID-19 have a more devastating effect on pregnant women? Is the disease passed down to newborns after birth? What's the best management strategy for this vulnerable population? Researchers from China addressed these and similar questions in a March 18 study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

March 19, 2020

FDA offers mammo facility guidance for COVID-19

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted guidance for mammography facilities amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

March 18, 2020

MRI helps create measures for normal fetal development

By Wayne Forrest

Using MRI, Israeli researchers have established a set of benchmark measurements for fetal facial and cranial structures to help chart development over multiple gestation weeks. Their findings were published on March 12 in the European Journal of Radiology.

March 18, 2020

SBI releases coronavirus social distancing tips

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) on March 17 released guidance to its members on best practices that breast imaging centers can implement for social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak.

March 17, 2020

SBI cancels April symposium due to coronavirus

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society for Breast Imaging (SBI) has canceled its annual meeting scheduled for April in Denver due to the coronavirus outbreak.

March 16, 2020

More young women are developing breast cancer

By Theresa Pablos

Over the past eight decades, breast cancer incidence has risen in younger women, according to the findings of a study published on March 13 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers found breast cancer incidence in women younger than age 40 increased by 0.65% annually starting in 1935.

March 12, 2020

Patients want screening mammography results via video

By Kate Madden Yee

Patients prefer receiving screening mammography results via a video message from their radiologist -- even more than a mailed letter or a phone call from their primary care provider, according to a study published online March 6 in Academic Radiology.

March 12, 2020

Researchers get $3M to develop new breast imaging tool

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. National Cancer Institute has granted $3 million to a group of academic researchers who want to create a new breast imaging system.

March 11, 2020

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