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Patient navigation speeds breast cancer diagnosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Providing personnel to help patients navigate the healthcare system can reduce potentially dangerous delays in breast cancer diagnosis, according to a new study published online in the October issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
October 7, 2012
Alpha Imaging inks OhioHealth deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging equipment distributor Alpha Imaging has signed a strategic business agreement with healthcare organization OhioHealth, based in Columbus, to sell women's imaging products from Hologic and radiology equipment from Shimadzu Medical Systems and UMG/Del Medical over the next five years.
October 4, 2012
Good news for digital mammo and breast MRI; patients want to hear from you
By Brian Casey
October 1, 2012
DWI-MRI helps reduce false-positive breast MRI scans
By Wayne Forrest
Combining diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) with dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI to calculate apparent diffusion coefficient values could decrease false-positive findings in breast MRI and re­duce preventable biopsies, according to a new study published online on October 2 in Radiology.
October 1, 2012
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FFDM better for DCIS -- and it doesn't cause 'overdiagnosis'
By Kate Madden Yee
Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) performs better than film-screen mammography in detecting ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive cancer -- without increasing "overdiagnosis," a concern long highlighted by breast cancer screening critics, according to a new study in Radiology.
October 1, 2012
Dedicated breast MRI reins in false positives
By Kate Madden Yee
Use of a specialized breast MRI scanner led to a sharp decline in false positives compared to breast imaging on whole-body MRI scanners in a study published in the October issue of Radiology. The results address what has historically been a weak point for breast MRI: its specificity.
September 30, 2012
ACR, AAPM, SIIM release practice guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR), the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) have teamed to release practice guidelines for digital radiography, the electronic practice of medical imaging, and determinants of image quality in digital mammography.
September 27, 2012
Regular screening could drop breast cancer disparities
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Regular mammography screening can help narrow the breast cancer gap between black and white women, according to a study conducted by Chicago researchers and published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.
September 26, 2012
Philips participates in Clinton Global Initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare said that the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting is highlighting Asha Jyoti, a collaborative mobile women's healthcare outreach program established by Rad-Aid International, Philips, and the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.
September 24, 2012
RaySearch gets breast cancer therapy license
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm RaySearch Laboratories has signed an exclusive license agreement with University Health Network's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto regarding techniques for automated planning of breast cancer treatments.
September 24, 2012
Calif. governor signs breast density notification bill
By Kate Madden Yee
After vetoing legislation last year, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill over the weekend that requires women in the state to be notified following a mammogram if they have dense breast tissue, according to the bill's author, Sen. Joe Simitian.
September 23, 2012
Study shows DBT boosts mammography's accuracy
By Kate Madden Yee
Adding digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to digital mammography boosts accuracy in finding soft-tissue abnormalities, researchers report in the October issue of Clinical Radiology. And that can only help reduce both healthcare costs and patient anxiety.
September 23, 2012
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