Womens Imaging: Page 129

Carestream, Forcomed collaborate on mammography training
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Carestream Health and French radiology training firm Forcomed have joined forces in an initiative to provide Internet-based training program for digital mammography.
May 9, 2013
Study disputes PIP breast implant decision
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
An article study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine disagrees with the conclusion that breast implants made by Poly Implant Prosthèse (PIP) do not show any evidence of significant risk to human health.
May 9, 2013
Pink ribbons fail to inform Austrian women about breast cancer
By Rebekah Moan
Despite high-profile breast cancer awareness campaigns -- such as the use of pink ribbons -- the majority of Austrian women ages 45 to 69 were unaware of key aspects of screening, such as the existence of potential harms from the exams, an Austrian researcher has found.
May 9, 2013
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BMJ: Medical device regulation not strong enough
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Proposals for the European Union to change the way it regulates medical devices do not go far enough to ensure safe and effective patient care, according to a commentary published online on 7 May in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
May 7, 2013
New registry formed for ultrasound fibroid treatment
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Focused Ultrasound Foundation, Philips Healthcare, and focused-ultrasound developer InSightec have joined forces to establish an international multicenter registry to evaluate MR-guided focused ultrasound treatment for uterine fibroids.
May 5, 2013
High-risk breast cancer patients more susceptible to DNA damage
By Rebekah Moan
High-risk breast cancer patients have an increased sensitivity to radiation -- and thus radiation-induced cancer -- so their mammography exams should be limited to a single oblique view, in addition to MRI to detect infiltrative breast cancer and carcinoma in situ, according to French researchers.
May 2, 2013
BMJ: Implants may adversely affect women with breast cancer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Cosmetic breast implants seem to adversely affect the survival of women who are subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer, according to a study published online on 30 April in the British Medical Journal.
April 30, 2013
Study: Poorer women at higher risk of breast cancer death
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Hundreds of women with breast cancer living in England's most deprived areas would have better survival rates if they were diagnosed at the same stage as those who lived in affluent areas, according to a new study published online on 29 April in the International Journal of Cancer.
April 30, 2013
ContextVision grows in Q1
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Continued sales development and new mammography contracts propelled image enhancement developer ContextVision to sales growth in the first quarter of 2013.
April 25, 2013
Adding 3D breast tomo to mammography finds more cancers
By Kate Madden Yee
Using 3D digital breast tomosynthesis with conventional 2D mammography finds 50% more cancers than 2D imaging alone and also reduces the false-positive rate, according to a new study published online April 25 in Lancet Oncology.
April 25, 2013
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EJR: MRI measures up in estimating breast cancer tumors
By Rebekah Moan
Using breast MRI to estimate tumor size in high-risk patients is comparable to the modality's performance for sporadic cancers. This means breast MRI can safely be used for treatment planning, Dutch researchers believe.
April 24, 2013
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One-third of female marathon runners face breast pain
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
One-third of female marathon runners experience breast pain, or mastalgia, during the London Marathon, concludes a study published online on Friday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
April 21, 2013
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