Womens Imaging: Page 137

Elastography shows high reproducibility in breast lesions

By Theresa Pablos

Two different ultrasound elastography techniques -- strain elastography and shear-wave elastography -- showed high interoperator reproducibility when scanning breast lesions in a new study, published on January 21 in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.

January 23, 2020

Late-stage cancers dropped after Mass. health expansion

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The number of late-stage colon cancer diagnoses dropped in Massachusetts after the expansion of healthcare coverage in the state, a move that served as the model for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

January 22, 2020

Biomarkers on PET, MRI show breast cancer risk

By Brian Casey

In a finding they described as "unexpected," researchers used PET and MRI to discover that women with a malignant tumor in one breast have lower levels of certain biomarkers in the contralateral, healthy breast. Results were published in the January edition of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

January 22, 2020

2 ultrasound features predict cancer recurrence risk

By Theresa Pablos

Machine learning might one day be able to tell which breast cancer patients will benefit from additional genetic testing. In a recent study, researchers used natural language processing to identify key features from ultrasound reports associated with cancer recurrence risk.

January 22, 2020

Hey, Alexa -- Tell me about breast density

By Theresa Pablos

Asking personal assistants like Alexa about complex health issues isn't a reality now, but one day it might be. Researchers describe how an interactive health educator called Danya could teach women about breast density in a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on January 9.

January 15, 2020

Can QA sessions help technologists read mammograms?

By Theresa Pablos

Would the use of technologists to interpret screening mammograms be a viable option if their performance were improved through regular quality assurance (QA) sessions with radiologists? Maybe, but not by much, according to the findings of a new study from the Netherlands published on January 7 in Radiology.

January 13, 2020

Hologic expects revenue growth in 2020 Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging firm Hologic reported increases in revenue in its first-quarter preliminary results, with notable growth in its Surgical, Diagnostics, and Breast Health divisions.

January 12, 2020

Life Image, Univ. of Chicago partner on breast study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical image-sharing provider Life Image will provide its Mammosphere breast health data access tool to the University of Chicago to support a large-scale clinical trial for breast cancer screening.

January 12, 2020

Insurance plays major role in breast cancer disparities

By Theresa Pablos

Racial and ethnic minority women are more likely to be diagnosed with an advanced stage of breast cancer, and insurance may be partly to blame. Insurance status accounted for nearly half of the diagnosis disparity among minority women in a study published online January 9 in JAMA Oncology.

January 12, 2020

Are breast density notification laws really working?

By Theresa Pablos

Are breast density notification laws really working to educate women? The laws may not be increasing women's knowledge about the health risks associated with having dense breasts, according to a new study published January 9 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

January 8, 2020

Raleigh Radiology faces lawsuit over mammo services

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Raleigh Radiology is now facing a lawsuit related to the suspension of its mammography services last month by the American College of Radiology and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

January 7, 2020

Breast density laws don't boost ultrasound rates

By Theresa Pablos

State laws designed to notify women with dense breast tissue about their options for supplemental imaging may not actually boost the use of ultrasound. A study in the January edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology found density notification laws did not increase ultrasound rates.

January 6, 2020

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