Womens Imaging: Page 117

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NHS trial: One-third of women need frequent mammograms

By Eric Barnes

A large study from the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) has found that breast cancer screening every three years is fine for about 70% of women -- but that the other 30% should undergo more frequent mammograms, according to a presentation at the recent European Breast Cancer Conference.

March 27, 2014

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

March 26, 2014

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