Womens Imaging: Page 147

Smoking ups breast cancer risk
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Compared to postmenopausal women who had never smoked, breast cancer risk increased by 9% among former smokers and by 16% among current smokers, according to a new study published online March 1 in the British Medical Journal.
March 1, 2011
Contrast-enhanced digital mammo improves cancer detection
By Rebekah Moan
When paired with mammography, dual-energy contrast-enhanced digital mammography (CEDM) is more diagnostically accurate than mammography or mammography plus ultrasound, according to a study in the March European Radiology.
February 28, 2011
Malignant breast masses spotted better with automated US
By Rebekah Moan
An automated breast ultrasound system (ABUS) provides significantly higher sensitivity for detecting malignant breast masses than for benign masses, according to a study published online February 16 in the European Journal of Radiology.
February 28, 2011
Breast screening may not lead to mortality decreases, study shows
By Kate Madden Yee
In parts of the world with widespread, sustained mammographic screening, trends in advanced breast cancer incidence do not bear out that regular screening leads to a decline in mortality, according to a study published online in the Annals of Oncology.
February 17, 2011
Cancer death rates on decline in Europe
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters) - Fewer than 1.3 million people will die from cancer in Europe this year as death rates from the disease fall, researchers said on Wednesday, except that more women are dying of lung cancer in every country except Britain.
February 9, 2011
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Radiation may increase long-term heart risks
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women treated for breast cancer with radiation therapy are more likely to die from heart disease 20 years or more down the line than women who don't get radiation, according to a new study.
January 20, 2011
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Study shows false-positive mammograms cause lingering anxiety
By Cynthia E. Keen
Women who have false-positive mammograms can experience lower quality of life and feelings of anxiety, effects that can last for up to a year after the exam, according to a study published online December 20 in the British Journal of Surgery.
January 12, 2011
MRI does not accurately predict breast cancer response to chemo
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - MRI cannot accurately predict all breast cancer patients' response to neoadjuvant therapy, according to new Dutch research. The study was published online January 10 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
January 10, 2011
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European women's imaging market to hit $1.6B in 2016
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The market for women's medical imaging products is projected to grow by 26% over 2009 levels to hit $1.6 billion in sales by 2016, according to research conducted by market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
January 10, 2011
Siemens nets U.K. FFDM orders
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare said that it will provide five static and four mobile Mammomat Inspiration full-field digital mammography (FFDM) systems to the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton-on-Tees, U.K.
January 4, 2011
Translabial ultrasound helps in labor assessment
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Intrapartum translabial ultrasound appears to be an effective way to monitor birth progress in term fetuses in cephalic presentation, researchers report in BJOG online November 18.
December 27, 2010
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Cancer survival rates lower in U.K., Denmark: study
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Survival rates for four major cancers diagnosed between 1995 and 2007 are higher in Australia, Canada, and Sweden than in Britain and Denmark, according to an international study published on Wednesday.
December 22, 2010
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