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Naviscan's PEM gets CE Mark
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
PET developer Naviscan has received the CE Mark for both its high-resolution positron emission mammography (PEM) scanner and PET-guided biopsy accessory.
September 7, 2011
Sectra, Philips complete mammo sale
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has completed the sale of its mammography business to Royal Philips Electronics, parent company of Philips Healthcare.
August 31, 2011
MeVis reports drop in sales in first half of 2011
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Increasing saturation in the U.S. digital mammography equipment market and a decline in its breast MRI business had a negative effect on second quarter sales in 2011 for medical imaging software developer MeVis Medical Solutions.
August 30, 2011
New breast cancer gene may help predict risk
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Screening for mutations in a gene known as CHEK2 may help determine a woman's odds of breast cancer if the disease runs in her family, Polish scientists suggested Monday.
August 29, 2011
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Breast IORT doesn't change pain levels
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Women with breast cancer whose treatment includes radiotherapy may experience persistent pain. Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) treatment does not seem to either increase or decrease this risk, according to a study published online on 23 August in the journal Breast.
August 25, 2011
Ovarian cysts may not lead to cancer: study
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Finding ovarian cysts on an ultrasound scan isn't a cancer sentence for women who are middle-aged and older, a new U.K. screening study suggests. Women with so-called "inclusion cysts" weren't at higher risk for ovarian cancer or, for that matter, breast or endometrial tumors, researchers found.
August 24, 2011
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MRI dominates in imaging of breast implants
By Philip Ward
MRI now has a pre-eminent role in detecting breast implant failures and illustrating the spectrum of appearances of normal silicone gel implants and of implant ruptures. It is more accurate than ultrasound and mammography for assessing implant integrity, according to Spanish researchers.
August 23, 2011
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Uterine fibroid embolization does not alter onset of menopause
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For women younger than age 45, uterine fibroid embolization doesn't advance the onset of menopause, Italian researchers reported in a study published online July 29 in Fertility and Sterility.
August 15, 2011
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BI-RADS MR mammography accurately determines malignancy
By Rebekah Moan
A BI-RADS-associated MR mammography algorithm can accurately diagnose breast tumors, German researchers found. However, due to false-negative and false-positive MR mammography results, histology is still necessary.
August 14, 2011
Heart disease risk greater for certain breast cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
Women in Denmark and Sweden who received radiotherapy treatments for breast cancer over a 30-year period had a higher risk of developing ischemic heart disease, pericarditis, and valvular disease compared with those who did not, according to a study of more than 72,100 female breast cancer patients.
August 8, 2011
Scottish government to review breast screening program
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Scottish government plans to review the country's breast cancer screening service for the first time since it was set up in 1989.
August 4, 2011
Debate over breast screening to intensify after new BMJ study
By Philip Ward
A research paper published on Thursday by the British Medical Journal has cast fresh doubt on the value of breast screening by suggesting that declining mortality rates are due more to improvements in treatment and the efficiency of healthcare systems than mammography screening.
July 27, 2011
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