Womens Imaging: Page 162

Family history boosts contralateral breast cancer risk after radiotherapy

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 4 - Young patients with breast cancer who undergo lumpectomy followed by radiotherapy using tangential fields are at increased risk of contralateral breast cancer. This is particularly true for those with a positive family history of breast cancer, researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

November 3, 2008

HF weekly radiation effective for elderly breast cancer patients

By Cynthia E. Keen

Results of a clinical study at the Institut Curie in Paris verify that patients with nonmetastatic breast cancer can achieve the same long-term outcomes with conservative surgery followed by weekly high-frequency (HF) radiotherapy as patients who receive conservative surgery followed by daily radiation therapy.

October 29, 2008

Mammo market to reach $1.1 billion by 2015

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The worldwide mammography equipment market is projected to reach $1.1 billion by 2015, according to a report from market research firm Global Industry Analysts (GIA).

October 27, 2008

Current HRT use is associated with low-grade breast cancer tumors

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 22 - Breast cancer patients who use menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are more likely to have lower-grade tumors and better survival than nonusers, according to results of a Swedish cohort study reported in the current issue of Breast Cancer Research.

October 21, 2008

IDSI receives Hungarian order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) has sold a CT laser mammography (CTLM) system to the MeDoc HealthCare Center in Budapest, Hungary.

October 13, 2008

Breast cancer mortality falls soon after start of screening programs

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 14 - Implementation of a breast cancer screening program has a "profound impact" on breast cancer mortality, according to a study in the Netherlands.

October 13, 2008

Flat-panel FFDM produces better image quality than CR mammography, study says

By Kate Madden Yee

A flat-panel full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system produced better image quality than computed radiography-based mammography using digital storage phosphor, according to a study from researchers in Vienna, Austria.

October 1, 2008

Allergic reactions to lymphatic dyes can be delayed and severe

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 26 - French anesthesiologists warn that the dyes used for sentinel lymph node mapping can cause anaphylactic reactions that may not develop until an hour after exposure, can be life-threatening, and can last for several hours, requiring continuous infusions of epinephrine to control.

September 25, 2008

Digital mammography more cost-effective than analog, report says

By Kate Madden Yee

Despite recent evidence regarding the clinical utility of full-field digital mammography, many hospitals and imaging facilities find the technology's high cost a barrier to adoption. But FFDM may actually be more cost-effective than analog mammography, according to a report published in the U.K.

September 10, 2008

Sectra reports sales increases for Q1 2009

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra posted its first-quarter 2009 financial results.

September 9, 2008

Nucletron debuts gynecology brachytherapy

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Nucletron has launched a gynecologic brachytherapy technology partnership with AKH Vienna.

September 8, 2008

Tibolone prevents fractures and breast cancer, but raises risk of stroke

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 14 - Tibolone reduced the risk of vertebral and nonvertebral fractures and the rate of breast and colon cancers but increased the risk of stroke in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis enrolled in the Long-Term Intervention on Fractures with Tibolone (LIFT) trial.

August 13, 2008

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