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Adding optical imaging to mammography boosts accuracy
By Rebekah Moan
Mammography plus near-infrared breast imaging is slightly -- but not significantly -- more accurate than mammography alone when it comes to detecting breast lesions, German researchers found in a recent European Radiology study.
October 19, 2011
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PROCAS breast screening trial focuses on density
By Eric Barnes
An ambitious new breast screening study, the PROCAS (Predicting Risk of Cancer at Screening) trial, is aiming to not only answer important questions about breast density and cancer development but also evaluate the effectiveness of computer-aided detection in the screening of dense breasts.
October 6, 2011
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Mammo surveillance improves cancer survival
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Surveillance using mammography increases the survival chances of breast cancer patients, according to a new study.
October 2, 2011
AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Rebekah Moan
September 26, 2011
Speech recognition produces errors in breast reports
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast imaging reports generated with automated speech recognition software are eight times more likely to contain major errors than those generated with conventional dictation transcription, and radiologists must be alert to this potential problem, according to new peer-reviewed research.
September 26, 2011
New innovations give added impetus to breast ultrasound
By Mélisande Rouger, Rebekah Moan
When it comes to breast ultrasound, combining B-mode, Doppler techniques, and elastography can help improve true-positive and true-negative diagnosis results by reducing the operator's influence on the outcome, according to an Austrian expert.
September 26, 2011
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Study: Speech recognition produces errors in breast reports
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast imaging reports generated with automated speech recognition software are eight times more likely to contain major errors than those generated with conventional dictation transcription, according to a new study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 26, 2011
Breast cancer study shows benefits of double therapy
By Reuters Health
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Giving breast cancer patients radiotherapy and chemotherapy at the same time significantly cuts the risk of recurrence and should be considered as a new treatment approach across the world, cancer experts said on Sunday.
September 25, 2011
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Intermediate mammograms need standardization
By Rebekah Moan
What prompts radiologists to provide intermediate mammograms should be characterized so they can give useful recommendations and minimize the adverse effects of the procedure, Spanish researchers have found in an article published in European Radiology.
September 20, 2011
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Fuji promotes digital mammography trial
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Fujfilm Medical Systems is reporting favorable results from a mobile breast screening trial of its FDR Amulet full-field digital mammography system at the breast screening unit of Portsmouth Hospitals National Health Service Trust.
September 18, 2011
New Norwegian breast study adds fuel to screening debate
By Philip Ward
The fiercely contested debate over the pros and cons of mammography screening looks set to reignite this week after the publication by the British Medical Journal of yet another study that questions the usefulness of national screening programs. Supporters of screening have already poured scorn on the article and question its validity.
September 12, 2011
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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
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