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Smoking ups breast cancer risk
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compared to postmenopausal women who had never smoked, breast cancer risk increased by 9% among former smokers and by 16% among current smokers, according to a new study published online March 1 in the British Medical Journal.
March 1, 2011
Women's quality of life improves after uterine fibroid treatment
By Kate Madden Yee
Women who received one of three treatments for uterine fibroids at Brigham and Women's Hospital said their symptoms diminished and their quality of life significantly increased, according to a new study published online today in Radiology.
February 28, 2011
Sectra to show mammo, PACS updates at ECR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra is planning to highlight enhancements to its digital mammography platform, as well as improvements for its RIS and PACS technology, at this week’s European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.
February 27, 2011
Appeals court reverses judgment in Hologic's favor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reversed a judgment against women's healthcare vendor Hologic in a patent infringement suit with breast brachytherapy developer SenoRx.
February 27, 2011
TechniScan partners Womens3D
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast ultrasound imaging developer TechniScan has signed agreements for manufacturing and use of trademarks with Womens3D.
February 24, 2011
High-volume rads produce fewer false-positive mammograms
By Erik L. Ridley
Radiologists who interpret a high volume of screening mammograms have fewer false-positive findings and recall fewer women per cancer detected, according to research published online February 22 in Radiology.
February 22, 2011
Mammo screening less effective in women with cancer histories
By Brian Casey
A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that screening mammography is less effective in women with personal histories of breast cancer. Women with cancer histories experienced lower cancer detection rates as well as higher rates of overall cancer and interval cancer.
February 21, 2011
Algorithm aids breast lesion classification
By Tami Freeman
With angiogenic vasculature in breast lesions indicating malignancy, contrast-enhanced ultrasound could provide a means for determining malignancy based on blood flow. Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University are investigating the use of subharmonic contrast-enhanced ultrasound for this purpose.
February 17, 2011
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Breast screening may not lead to mortality decreases, study shows
By Kate Madden Yee
In parts of the world with widespread, sustained mammographic screening, trends in advanced breast cancer incidence do not bear out that regular screening leads to a decline in mortality, according to a study published online in the Annals of Oncology.
February 17, 2011
GE completes Orbotech acquisition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has completed its acquisition of Orbotech Medical Solutions, a manufacturer of cadmium zinc telluride detectors used in GE Healthcare's Alcyone nuclear medicine technology.
February 16, 2011
Siemens installs first FFDM system in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has made its first U.S. installation of Mammomat Inspiration, its full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system, at a radiology practice in New York.
February 15, 2011
Breast MRI screening benefits women with rad therapy history
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast cancer screening with MRI can find invasive cancers missed by mammography in women who've had radiation therapy to the chest for other conditions such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to a new study published online today in Radiology.
February 14, 2011
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