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Womens Imaging: Page 429
Indicted Ga. technologist surrenders to authorities
By
Kate Madden Yee
A radiologic technologist charged with submitting false mammogram results during her tenure at a Georgia hospital has turned herself in and is being held without bond at the Houston County, GA, detention center.
September 13, 2010
U-Systems somo.v nets EU clearance
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer U-Systems has received approval to market its somo.v automated breast ultrasound system as an adjunct to mammography for screening asymptomatic women for breast cancer in the European Union.
September 12, 2010
Whole-breast ultrasound tomography shows promise
By
Erik L. Ridley
Whole-breast ultrasound tomography has much to offer the world of breast imaging, with resolution approaching that of breast MRI, according to researchers from the Karmanos Cancer Institute at Wayne State University in Detroit.
September 12, 2010
Ga. mammo tech indicted; radiation risk and pregnant women
By
Brian Casey
September 8, 2010
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
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