Womens Imaging: Page 113

Give mammography information, experts say
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The decision to participate in mammography for breast cancer screening needs to be an informed choice considering all factors, rather than an automatic process, according to doctors at the recent World Congress on the Menopause in Cancun, Mexico.
May 5, 2014
Get savvy on pelvic imaging, urge Spanish prize winners
By Philip Ward
Imaging professionals must brush up on their knowledge of the pelvis, particularly the normal anatomy and its correlation with multidetector-row CT images, award-winning researchers from Spain have asserted.
May 5, 2014
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Screening mammography: The sequel
By Dr. Peter Rinck, PhD
After two recent reports -- one Canadian and one Swiss -- screening mammography is in the news again. In fact, it's all over the media. The latter study clearly recommends the abolition of screening mammography in Switzerland.
April 29, 2014
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Phase-contrast CT boosts tissue contrast
By Jude Dineley
In screening for breast cancer, conventional mammography carries a finite risk of false positives and undetected lesions. Phase-contrast CT is a promising candidate that exploits variations in x-ray phase, instead of absorption, to produce superior soft-tissue contrast to conventional CT imaging.
April 28, 2014
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Opposition builds in Europe over Swiss breast screening report
By Frances Rylands-Monk
A report by Swiss medical authorities to recommend a halt to breast screening is drawing fire from radiologists, who said the recommendation is based on faulty science. The Swiss position is gaining renewed attention after publication of an online article on 16 April in the New England Journal of Medicine.
April 15, 2014
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Swiss board repeats call to abolish breast screening
By Rebekah Moan
Breast cancer screening programs in Switzerland should be wound down, as screening does not clearly produce more benefits than harms, according to an editorial by two members of the Swiss Medical Board published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
April 15, 2014
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Seno Medical obtains CE Mark for Imagio
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Seno Medical Instruments has received the European CE Mark for its Imagio ultrasound/optoacoustic imaging system.
April 10, 2014
Women find DBT comparable to standard mammography
By Rebekah Moan
The benefits of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) have received a lot of press coverage, but what is less well-known is how women feel about the modality. Norwegian researchers discovered that women receiving DBT didn't find it to be more painful than standard mammography, nor were they concerned about its radiation health effects.
April 10, 2014
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Reboot recommended on breast screening debate
By Kate Madden Yee
It's time for both sides of the mammography screening debate to drop the same old arguments and start thinking about the problem of breast cancer in new ways, according to two opinion papers from Switzerland and the U.S.
April 9, 2014
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Breast cancer radiotherapy boosts lung cancer risk
By Eric Barnes
Women treated for breast cancer have a small but significantly higher risk of developing lung cancer, according to a large study presented at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology meeting in Vienna.
April 4, 2014
Philips launches compact ultrasound scanner in India
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare is entering the compact ultrasound segment with the launch in India of its new Visiq handheld scanner.
April 3, 2014
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Digital mammography causes less 'harm' than film-screen
By Kate Madden Yee
Screening for breast cancer with digital rather than film-screen mammography lowers recall and biopsy rates, suggesting that the technology causes less "harm" to women and the healthcare system in the form of overdiagnosis or unnecessary biopsies, according to a new Norwegian study published online on 1 April.
April 2, 2014
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