Womens Imaging: Page 403

Sectra MicroDose nets Canadian OK

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has received clearance to market its Sectra MicroDose Mammography full-field digital mammography system in Canada.

January 31, 2011

Hologic revenues climb 5% in Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's healthcare vendor Hologic posted solid growth in revenues for its first quarter of fiscal 2011, driven in part by rising service revenues from the company's installed base of mammography systems.

January 30, 2011

Hologic taps GM for diagnostics group

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's healthcare vendor Hologic has named Mark Myslinski as senior vice president and general manager (GM) of diagnostics.

January 30, 2011

Breast brachytherapy utilization rises rapidly

By Cynthia E. Keen

For the past decade, breast brachytherapy has been used as a treatment for low-risk patients following breast conservation surgery. Although its long-term effectiveness is still unknown, its use has been climbing steadily, according to an article in the January 10 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

January 30, 2011

KLAS: Imaging purchases to increase in 2011

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Purchasing of diagnostic imaging equipment will increase by as much as 10% in 2011, according to a new study from healthcare technology research firm KLAS. And buyers won't be so loyal to particular vendors, the company found.

January 26, 2011

MRI helps pinpoint origin of uterine cancer

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City say MRI is useful in determining the anatomic origin of uterine cancer and also provides helpful information regarding invasion of adjacent structures, according to a study published online January 6 in Radiology.

January 25, 2011

Would USPSTF advice cause cancer deaths? And, a proposal to boost colon screening

By Brian Casey

January 24, 2011

Study finds USPSTF mammo guidelines would increase death rate

By Kate Madden Yee

Nearly 65,000 more women would lose their lives from breast cancer if the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's (USPSTF) controversial 2009 guidelines on screening mammography were adopted on a widespread basis, according to a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

January 24, 2011

Mammograms may detect early signs of heart disease

By Cynthia E. Keen

Screening mammograms may be able to do more than reveal signs of breast cancer. For women with advanced kidney disease, they can detect calcifications in blood vessels that may be signs of cardiovascular disease, according to a study published January 20 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

January 19, 2011

Study confirms accuracy of VC for bone mineral density exams

By Eric Barnes

CT data from virtual colonoscopy (VC) studies are ideal for assessing bone mineral density, say researchers from the University of Wisconsin. They found that VC data from the lumbar spine showed excellent correlation with bone density's gold standard, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.

January 19, 2011

USPSTF recommends bone density screening for at-risk women

By Kate Madden Yee

Women past the age of menopause who are at risk of osteoporosis should receive regular bone density screening, according to guidelines issued this week by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The new guidelines should make screening available to younger women compared to the task force's previous policy.

January 17, 2011

RT provides more long-term benefit for older DCIS patients

By Cynthia E. Keen

Radiation therapy (RT) is more effective for older women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in preventing recurrence of ipsilateral breast cancer, according to an article published in the January issue of Lancet Oncology.

January 13, 2011

Previous Page

Page 403 of 691

Next Page