Womens Imaging: Page 19

AI reduces breast radiologist workload, false-positive cases
By Amerigo Allegretto
AI reduces breast radiologist workload while also improving screening performance and decreasing the number of false-positive findings, a new study has found.
June 4, 2024
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LGBTQ+ individuals show decreased breast cancer screening rates
By Kate Madden Yee
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or gender‐nonconforming (LGBTQ+) individuals show decreased breast cancer screening rates.
May 31, 2024
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Critics slam Canadian breast screening guidelines
By Amerigo Allegretto
Breast imaging advocates and political bodies are criticizing updated guidelines on breast cancer screening by the CTFPHC.
May 31, 2024
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Updated Canadian breast cancer guidelines recommend biennial screening
By Amerigo Allegretto
Updated Canadian breast cancer screening guidelines say that women at average breast cancer risk should undergo biennial or triennial screening.
May 30, 2024
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Weekend, evening mammo appointments may increase screening access
By Amerigo Allegretto
Weekend and evening appointment availability for mammograms could improve screening access for women.
May 29, 2024
Black Women Hands Mammography 400
Abbreviated MRI suitable in subsequent screening of dense breasts
By Amerigo Allegretto
Abbreviated MRI may be suitable for screening women with dense breasts.
May 22, 2024
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Consideration needed in breast cancer screening for young women
By Amerigo Allegretto
A study presented at the ARRS annual meeting suggests that consideration is needed for breast cancer screening in women younger than 40 years.
May 21, 2024
Images of a 39-year-old woman shows a grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma on mammography, confirmed by supplementary ultrasound. Mammography detected an asymmetry with calcifications while ultrasound examination revealed a hyperechoic mass. The resulting sentinel lymph node biopsy was negative.
Breast imaging AI algorithm influenced by patient characteristics
By Amerigo Allegretto
Patient characteristics influenced false-positive results on DBT when analyzed by an FDA-approved AI algorithm.
May 21, 2024
An example mammogram was assigned a false-positive case score of 96 in a 59-year-old Black patient with scattered fibroglandular breast density by an FDA-approved AI algorithm. (A) Left craniocaudal and (B) mediolateral oblique views demonstrate vascular calcifications in the upper outer quadrant at middle depth (box) that were singularly identified by the algorithm as a suspicious finding and assigned an individual lesion score of 90. This resulted in an overall case score assigned to the mammogram of 96.
Breast density, obesity tied to interval cancers in Korean women
By Amerigo Allegretto
Breast density, obesity, and hormone replacement therapy use are tied to interval breast cancer in Korean women.
May 20, 2024
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FES-PET could save $142M in breast cancer costs
By Will Morton
Adding F-18 fluroestradiol (FES)-PET/CT imaging to standard of care tests in women with suspected estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer could save millions.
May 20, 2024
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New guidance issued on PET/CT imaging in breast cancer
By Will Morton
The world’s top nuclear medicine societies have issued international guidelines on the role of PET/CT in patients with invasive ductal carcinoma.
May 17, 2024
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Can positive leadership combat burnout among radiologists?
By Amerigo Allegretto
Implementing a positive leadership program can decrease burnout and the intention to leave among breast imaging staff.
May 15, 2024
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