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Technologist indicted over false mammo results
By Kate Madden Yee
A radiologic technologist at a Georgia hospital has been indicted on 20 charges of submitting false mammogram results by marking mammography studies as completed even though they hadn't been reviewed by a physician.
September 8, 2010
Midtreatment boost during WBRT reduces skin dermatitis
By Cynthia E. Keen
A radiation boost scheduled midway through whole-breast radiation therapy (WBRT) for breast cancer patients significantly reduced the occurrence of grade III dermatitis, according to a study published in the August 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
September 8, 2010
CT and nuclear med radiation doses pose minimal risk to fetus
By Cynthia E. Keen
When a pregnant woman needs to undergo a CT or nuclear medicine procedure, the risk that her fetus will develop cancer as a child is less than one-tenth of 1%, according to a population-based cohort study of 1.8 million maternal-child pairs living in Ontario, Canada.
September 7, 2010
Sectra sales rise in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Increased demand for its mammography products helped PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra to a 4.5% increase in sales in its 2010 fiscal first quarter.
September 6, 2010
Cancer cost world economy $895B in 2008
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer has the most devastating economic effects of any cause of death in the world, according to a report published by the American Cancer Society and cancer survivor advocacy group Livestrong in Austin, TX.
September 2, 2010
Women of Mexican origin at higher risk for breast cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Women of Mexican origin in the U.S. are younger when diagnosed with breast cancer, and starting screening at age 50 as recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force would result in missed cancers in a third of this population, according to new research published online in the journal Cancer.
September 2, 2010
FDA: No. of mammo sites drops again
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of mammography facilities accredited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration continued its slow decline in the FDA's most recent reporting period.
September 1, 2010
AHRQ solicits USPSTF nominations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has issued an invitation for member nominations for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
August 31, 2010
Swiss first for Varian's Gated RapidArc
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A 51-year-old breast cancer patient from Switzerland has become the first person in the world to be treated using Gated RapidArc from radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems.
August 30, 2010
FDA posts 2nd Fla. mammo warning
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about another mammography center in Florida that produced "poor-quality mammograms with possibly unreliable results," according to the agency.
August 29, 2010
Sectra completes German mammo order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has installed its Sectra MicroDose mammography system as part of a mobile screening unit at the Practice for Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine in Germany.
August 26, 2010
Calif. Senate restores mammo access
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The California Senate on Wednesday voted unanimously to pass legislation that would reverse a January decision that raised the age for public funding of mammography and cervical cancer tests to age 50 from age 40.
August 26, 2010
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