Womens Imaging: Page 125

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Rebekah Moan
November 3, 2013
Dutch strive to cut costs by avoiding preoperative breast MRI
By Philip Ward
Before preoperative breast MRI, it's feasible to work out which patients are most likely to show similar results on mammography and ultrasound, and this may help to save on the expense of an MRI exam, Dutch researchers have found.
November 3, 2013
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Doctors are not informing patients of overdiagnosis risk
By Kate Madden Yee
Patients are not being told about the possibility of overdiagnosis and overtreatment as a result of cancer screening programs, and many say they wouldn't start a screening program if the overdiagnosis rate is too high, according to a German survey of patients in the U.S.
October 27, 2013
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Philips launches breast health awareness app
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has launched an application that encourages women to be aware of their breast health, the company said.
October 22, 2013
Study: Make more use of 3T MRI to identify DCIS
By Rebekah Moan
Adding 3-tesla MRI to mammography for patients presenting with suspicious microcalcifications adds "significant" value, Dutch researchers have found. Specifically, the modality boosts the percentage of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) lesions detected.
October 20, 2013
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GE: Study highlights breast cancer threat
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A global study commissioned by GE Healthcare warns that rising breast cancer incidence and mortality represents a significant and growing threat for the developing world.
October 14, 2013
Ditch biopsy for axillary breast cancer staging, experts say
By Rebekah Moan
Is the end in sight for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for axillary staging of breast cancer patients? U.K. researchers call the procedure "redundant" in light of MR imaging with dye based on superparamagnetic iron oxide.
October 10, 2013
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Swedish-led study supports automated breast ultrasound
By Becky McCall
Use of automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) in combination with mammography for women with dense breast tissue can result in an increase in cancer detection from 0.42% with mammography alone compared with 0.66% in women who received mammography combined with ABUS, according to a new European study.
October 8, 2013
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Functional MRI studies scoop top awards at ESMRMB
By Philip Ward
Researchers from the U.K. and France collected prestigious prizes at the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB) meeting in Toulouse, France, for their investigations into resting state functional MRI.
October 6, 2013
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Self-tested QA could become routine for Dutch breast imagers
By Rebekah Moan
Everyone agrees on the importance of quality assurance (QA), especially in breast screening. But formal audits are time-consuming and infrequent, and often don't address individual performance. A group of Dutch researchers has addressed the issue with a self-test specifically designed to let breast imagers know how they are doing.
October 3, 2013
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Philips to offer 10K mammograms
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare is offering 10,000 women free mammography testing to support breast cancer awareness month in October.
September 30, 2013
Radiation therapy to lymph nodes aids cancer survival
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Administering radiation therapy to chest lymph nodes for patients with early breast cancer improves overall survival without increasing side effects, according to a presentation at the 2013 European Cancer Congress.
September 29, 2013
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