Womens Imaging: Page 150

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

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

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

Long after complicated pregnancy, maternal cardiac problems develop

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many years after preeclampsia, women have an increased risk for cardiac dysfunction, Austrian researchers report in BJOG online November 18.

December 21, 2010

DETECT: Gadobenate dimeglumine preferred for breast MR contrast

By Wayne Forrest

In a head-to-head comparison, gadobenate dimeglumine contrast offered significantly improved diagnostic performance in breast MR compared to gadopentetate dimeglumine, according to a study published online December 16 in Radiology.

December 21, 2010

Czech prenatal US screening program improves CHD detection

By Erik L. Ridley

A review of 21 years of experience from the Czech Republic's national prenatal ultrasound screening program found significant and improving antenatal detection of congenital heart disease (CHD). But mortality still remains high, according to the research published in Heart.

December 20, 2010

IOERT successful as boost during breast conservation surgery

By Cynthia E. Keen

Breast cancer patients undergoing breast conservation surgery who have an intraoperative electron radiation therapy (IOERT) boost followed by whole-breast irradiation have a much lower rate of cancer recurrence 10 years after treatment, according to a study presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

December 13, 2010

Ultrasound effective in screening for endometrial cancer

By Erik L. Ridley

Transvaginal ultrasound screening can detect endometrial cancer before symptoms appear in postmenopausal women, according to research from the U.K. published online in Lancet Oncology.

December 12, 2010

MR images capture birth process

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German physicians and healthcare providers at Charité University Hospital in Berlin recently followed the birth of a child on an open MRI system.

December 7, 2010

Vessel targeting enhances uterine fibroid ablation

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Targeted MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation of vessels supplying uterine fibroids could achieve complete fibroid ablation with reduced treatment times, according to a study from the Netherlands.

December 7, 2010

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