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Closer follow-up reduces postmammography diagnosis delays

By Kate Madden Yee

For low-income women with abnormal mammograms, using a case management approach for follow-up is an effective tool that can deliver a more timely diagnostic resolution, according to a study published online March 16 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

March 21, 2010

Costs deflate Sectra's Q3 profit

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Increased costs on the development of new radiological IT systems cut into the profit margin of Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra in its third fiscal quarter of 2010.

March 15, 2010

Long-term breast cancer survival similar with SNLB and complete axillary dissection

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 12 - With small breast cancers, doing complete axillary dissections only for positive sentinel lymph node biopsies (SNLB) yields the same 10-year disease-free survival -- roughly 90% -- as doing routine complete dissections in all cases, researchers say.

March 11, 2010

Vaginal dilation does not prevent damage from radiotherapy

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 11 - While vaginal dilation might help treat late effects of pelvic irradiation, evidence does not support routine dilation during or immediately after radiotherapy.

March 10, 2010

Hologic debuts upright biopsy at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

VIENNA - A new digital upright biopsy system, called Affirm, was among the new product launches at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) meeting in Vienna by women's imaging vendor Hologic of Bedford, MA.

March 7, 2010

Organ-based tube-current modulation cuts breast dose

VIENNA - Radiation doses to the breast can be cut by nearly 40% using a new organ-based dose modulation technique in combination with a noise-optimized image reconstruction method. The two techniques must be used together if the resulting images are to remain readable, researchers reported.

March 7, 2010

Breast MRI CAD yields high sensitivity, specificity

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - Breast MRI computer-aided detection (CAD) technology can effectively distinguish between benign and malignant lesions, according to research from Germany presented at the 2010 European Congress of Radiology.

March 7, 2010

Automated breast US improves breast cancer detection

By Rob Skelding

VIENNA - Automated breast ultrasound promises improved cancer detection when combined with standard digital mammography, but training is required for radiologists to realize its full clinical potential, according to results from a pair of new studies presented Friday at the European Congress of Radiology.

March 4, 2010

Inexperienced readers benefit most from breast US CAD

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - Breast ultrasound computer-aided detection (CAD) technology can significantly improve the sensitivity of less experienced radiologists in evaluating breast lesions, according to a presentation at this week's European Congress of Radiology.

March 4, 2010

Radiation exposure increases risk of breast cancer

By Rob Skelding

VIENNA - A Dutch study presented at the European Congress of Radiology this week has raised questions over the relationship between the risk of breast cancer in high-risk women and their exposure to radiation from a young age.

March 3, 2010

Prophylactic mastectomy helpful in BRCA mutation carriers

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Mar 3 - Prophylactic mastectomy is highly effective in preventing invasive breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, Dutch researchers report in the March issue of the Annals of Surgery.

March 2, 2010

FFDM and CAD find smaller breast tumors

By Erik L. Ridley

Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) can facilitate increased detection of smaller tumors compared to conventional mammography. But adding computer-aided detection (CAD) technology to FFDM can yield even better results, according to researchers at the Hospital Virgen de la Salud in Toledo, Spain.

February 25, 2010

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