Womens Imaging: Page 106

DBT boosts mammo's specificity, lowers recall rate

By Kate Madden Yee

Adding digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to conventional mammography boosted the specificity of breast screening and cut the recall of women with benign lesions by more than half in a new study published in Radiology. DBT plus mammography also showed sensitivity gains in some groups of women.

July 30, 2015

Mammography screening at 40 works, Lancet study finds

By Rebekah Moan

There is indeed a reduction in breast cancer mortality as a result of mammography screening in women who start getting exams at age 40 -- at least in the first 10 years of follow-up, according to a new study in Lancet Oncology that followed women for 17 years.

July 26, 2015

Still using CR for breast cancer? Time to rethink

By Rebekah Moan

It's time to think again about the use of computed radiography (CR) detectors when it comes to spotting breast cancer, U.K. researchers have found. In their study, digital radiography (DR) performed significantly better than CR for identifying calcification clusters and noncalcification lesions.

July 19, 2015

Dutch researchers launch DENSE breast MR trial

By Kate Madden Yee

It's well-known that mammography is less effective in women with dense breast tissue. But what hasn't been established is which supplemental modality is best for these women. Dutch researchers have launched a trial to study the use of MRI in addition to mammography for screening women with dense breast tissue.

July 15, 2015

Fresh doubts cast on screening mammography

By Rebekah Moan

A controversial French-led study published this week has found screening mammography's benefits have been overestimated due to unconventional statistical methods, but screening advocates have been quick to stress the authors have ignored numerous publications proving the efficacy of screening.

July 7, 2015

Breast imaging at highest risk for medicolegal claims

By Kate Madden Yee

It may come as no surprise, but a new study indicates that breast imaging has the highest risk of medicolegal claims compared with other medical imaging exams, at least in Australia, according to a study published online this month in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

July 5, 2015

UKRC: Is outsourcing a silent killer or a savior?

By Philip Ward

LIVERPOOL - Emotions ran high and opinions were polarized during the second day of the U.K. Radiological Congress (UKRC), when a lively and heated discussion about the pros and cons of outsourcing took place.

June 30, 2015

Planmed launches Clarity 3D DBT mammo system

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical imaging vendor Planmed has unveiled Clarity 3D, a full-field digital mammography that performs digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) imaging.

June 30, 2015

Norway unveils new data on breast cancer screening

By Rebekah Moan

Norway's breast cancer screening initiative has reduced mortality by 20% to 30% for women ages 50 to 69, followed to age 79, when compared with no screening, indicated figures released by the Research Council of Norway.

June 23, 2015

RCR releases 1st virtual special journal issue

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has released its first virtual special issue of Clinical Radiology, with a focus on breast imaging.

June 22, 2015

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

June 17, 2015

Postmortem MRI measures up for fetal autopsy

By Rebekah Moan

Compelling new evidence of postmortem MRI's value has emerged. It can provide clinically important information in more than half of cases in which a conventional autopsy is nondiagnostic, typically in fetuses, according to a recent U.K. study.

June 17, 2015

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