Womens Imaging: Page 431

Digisonics nabs OB-Windows contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has inked two contracts for its OB-Windows software.
April 8, 2010
Ontario group funds new breast cancer probe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research has made an investment in the development of a radiolabeled insulin probe for the early detection of breast cancer.
April 6, 2010
TechniScan nets bridge financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast ultrasound imaging developer TechniScan has closed on the first $1.85 million of a proposed $2.5 million in bridge financing.
April 5, 2010
Controversy dogs Nordic mammo group; molecular breast tomosynthesis
By Brian Casey
April 5, 2010
BRCA carriers have higher risk of contralateral breast cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Women who develop breast cancer before the age of 55 and who carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes are four times as likely to develop cancer in the other breast, according to a new study published online April 5 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
April 5, 2010
Authors of Nordic mammo study no strangers to controversy
By Kate Madden Yee
The debate over mammography got hotter last month with the publication of a study by Nordic researchers claiming there's no evidence that mammography screening reduces death rates. Some mammography advocates have taken issue with what they say is an antiscreening bias on the part of the research group.
April 5, 2010
Hybrid breast imaging unit melds molecular and x-ray tomo
By Kate Madden Yee
Digital mammography tomosynthesis is one of the hottest new breast imaging technologies, but what if you added a molecular-based functional tomosynthesis capability to it? University of Virginia researchers did just that, and reported on their findings in a new study published in the April issue of Radiology.
April 4, 2010
Naviscan to export PEM to Colombia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Naviscan has received approval from the Colombian Ministry of Health for the commercial introduction of its positron emission mammography (PEM) scanner into Colombia.
March 29, 2010
Ethicon to sell biopsy unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Ethicon Endo-Surgery (EES) has received an offer from Devicor Medical Products to acquire EES' Breast Care business.
March 29, 2010
Mastectomy patients may underutilize radiation therapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
While the majority of breast cancer patients who undergo breast conservation surgery also receive radiation therapy treatment, this isn't the case for patients who have a mastectomy, even when they would clinically benefit from it, according to a study published online March 29 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
March 29, 2010
Does keepsake ultrasound lead to gender abortions in Calif.?
By Erik L. Ridley
The use of ultrasound to enable gender-selective abortion has been associated with abnormally low female-to-male birth ratios in a number of Asian countries. But the proliferation of fetal keepsake ultrasound in the U.S. may be responsible for a similar trend in California among Asian communities.
March 29, 2010
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Mammography advocates weigh in on Nordic study
By Kate Madden Yee
Proponents of screening mammography have been quick to criticize a study published this week by Norwegian and Danish scientists that claims there's no evidence that mammography screening for breast cancer has any effect on death rates.
March 25, 2010
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