Womens Imaging: Page 170

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

US-guided core-needle breast biopsy offers alternative to surgery

By Kate Madden Yee

Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center studied 14-gauge ultrasound-guided biopsy's false-negative and underestimation rates, concluding that the technique provides an accurate alternative to surgical excision for evaluating nonpalpable breast lesions.

August 6, 2008

Dexela launches breast imaging workstation, names chairman

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Breast imaging developer Dexela has begun commercial shipments of its DexTop breast imaging workstation.

July 30, 2008

Mammogram screening methods comparable

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 30 - The mammography screening policy used in the U.S. is equally effective as one used in Europe in detecting breast cancer, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The results suggest that the longer screening intervals used by Europeans may be suitable for use in the U.S.

July 29, 2008

Breast cancer mortality increases with body mass index

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 28 - A higher body mass index is associated with lower survival rates in women with breast cancer, according to a report in the July 10 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

July 27, 2008

Time doesn't diminish risk of cancer relapse after lumpectomy and RT

By Cynthia E. Keen

The risk of developing cancer again in the same breast after breast-conservation surgery and radiation therapy does not diminish over time, a long-term study of more than 1,000 women with stage I and stage II breast cancer has revealed.

July 20, 2008

Breast self-examination does not cut breast cancer mortality

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 16 - An analysis of data from two large population-based studies suggests that regular breast self-examination does not reduce breast cancer mortality and may actually have a harmful effect by increasing the number of biopsies performed for benign disease.

July 15, 2008

Heel ultrasound may effectively assess osteoporotic fracture risk

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 2 - Quantitative heel ultrasound plus the presence of clinical risk factors may provide an easy, effective method of assessing the risk of osteoporotic fractures in elderly women, Swiss researchers report in the July issue of Radiology.

July 1, 2008

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