Womens Imaging: Page 118

DBT with mammography substantially improves specificity

By Rebekah Moan

Using digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) in combination with full-field digital mammography (FFDM) delivers a "substantial" improvement in specificity and a small improvement in sensitivity, according to researchers from Cambridge, U.K.

March 26, 2014

Radiotherapy helps with node-positive breast cancer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Women whose breast cancer has spread to just a few lymph nodes under their arm can benefit from having radiotherapy after mastectomy, according to new research presented at the European Breast Cancer Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

March 19, 2014

MR-guided focused US: A therapy revolution?

By Cynthia E. Keen

MR-guided focused ultrasound has the potential to become one of the most exciting and revolutionary treatment technologies of the 21st century, according to presenters at an ECR 2014 scientific session. They highlighted the technique's capability to improve treatment of a wide range of medical conditions.

March 13, 2014

New BI-RADS uncouples assessment and management

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - The fifth edition of the BI-RADS atlas has been released, and while there have been several changes, perhaps the most important is the uncoupling of the assessment category and management recommendation, according to presenters at an ECR 2014 session on Sunday afternoon.

March 10, 2014

Multidisciplinary teams offer results in breast cancer management

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Multidisciplinary team meetings will become more commonplace and probably crucial in patient management, such as for breast cancer cases, according to Italian researchers. In a Saturday session at ECR 2014, a radiologist, surgeon, pathologist, and others explained why they think multidisciplinary team meetings are the wave of the future.

March 8, 2014

Use MRI to diagnose PIP breast implant ruptures, Dutch say

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - MRI has high accuracy in diagnosing rupture in silicone breast implants, ECR 2014 delegates learned on Saturday morning. This is particularly useful as many women are being imaged regardless of symptoms due to the recent recall of Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) silicone breast implants.

March 7, 2014

Volpara rolls out breast density software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Volpara Solutions launched its VolparaAnalytics and VolparaDose software at ECR 2014.

March 6, 2014

'Opportunity' knocking for women demanding mammograms

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Opportunistic screening accounts for nearly a quarter of all referred mammograms in the Netherlands. And contrary to expectations, there is no difference among age groups, delegates at ECR 2014 learned on Friday morning.

March 6, 2014

New radiographers outperform older counterparts at breast positioning

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Older does not connote wiser, at least in the case of breast radiographers. In a surprising study from the Netherlands presented on Thursday at ECR 2014, researchers found that new radiographers performed better than experienced ones in terms of breast positioning.

March 6, 2014

Nipple problems, automated breast US come under intense scrutiny

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - A presentation at Thursday's breast ultrasound course at ECR 2014 aims to answer questions surrounding the nipple and areolar area and will also provide an update on developments within breast ultrasound.

March 5, 2014

Austria launches nationwide breast cancer detection program

By Dr. Michael Fuchsjäger

VIENNA - The Austrian Roentgen Society can look back to a successful year with various positive developments. The most important radiology initiative in Austria last year, however, was the planning and launch of the Austrian Breast Cancer Early Detection Programme, notes Dr. Michael Fuchsjäger of the Medical University of Graz.

March 5, 2014

London hospital on BMJ award short list

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Whipps Cross University Hospital has been named on a short list for the British Medical Journal Awards 2014.

March 4, 2014

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