Womens Imaging: Page 60

U.K. public still trusts NHS, despite mammo screening glitch
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.K. public still trusts the breast screening program run by the National Health Service (NHS), despite the recent debacle in which thousands of women were thought to have missed their final invitation to screening, according to a study published on 6 September in BMJ Open.
September 10, 2019
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What influences physicians' cancer screening advice?
By Kate Madden Yee
Norwegian researchers have found that an array of factors can influence physicians' behavior when it comes to recommending cancer screening to patients, according to a study published online on 30 August in BMJ Open.
September 9, 2019
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Swedish team finds DBT & mammo detect same tumor subtypes
By Kate Madden Yee
Swedish researchers have found digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and digital mammography seem to detect cancers of a similar biologic profile. Their findings were published online on 3 September by Radiology.
September 4, 2019
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Researchers to study media coverage of 'overdiagnosis' tests
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Researchers from Australia plan to explore media coverage of the benefits and harms of medical testing that they believe may lead to overdiagnosis in healthy individuals, according to a protocol published online on 24 August in BMJ Open.
September 2, 2019
ESC: Cancer cases rise in developed world
By Philip Ward
Fresh statistics presented at this week's European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress in Paris confirm that cancer is now the leading cause of death in high-income countries, while heart disease burden persists in less prosperous countries.
September 2, 2019
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Researchers to study media coverage of 'overdiagnosis' tests
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Researchers from Australia plan to explore media coverage of the benefits and harms of medical testing that they believe may lead to overdiagnosis in healthy individuals, according to a protocol published online on 24 August in BMJ Open.
August 26, 2019
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Thieves target mobile breast screening unit
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Thieves stripped a mammography van of copper cable in the city of Perth in Western Australia, forcing the cancellation of breast screening services on a day devoted to cancer awareness, according to an article on the website WAtoday.
August 22, 2019
IT error leads to cancer misdiagnoses in Scotland
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
More than 300 patients being cared for at the National Health Service (NHS) Forth Valley's Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, U.K., were wrongly informed they had cancer due to an IT error, according to a report posted on 22 August by DigitalHealth.
August 22, 2019
Is DBT cheaper than digital mammography?
By Kate Madden Yee
Scandinavian researchers have conducted a large cost-effectiveness study comparing digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) with digital mammography. They published their findings online on 9 August in the European Journal of Health Economics.
August 19, 2019
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Norwegians shine new light on DBT's vast potential
By Kate Madden Yee
Researchers from Oslo have provided fresh evidence that adding digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to digital mammography in screening yields more cancers in most breast density and patient age groups. They unveiled their results on 13 August in Radiology.
August 19, 2019
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U.K. trial explores AI for breast cancer screening
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Researchers from the East Midlands Radiology Consortium, a partnership of seven U.K. National Health Service trusts, are investigating the viability of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into breast cancer screening.
August 18, 2019
Diffusion-weighted imaging of breast begins to come of age
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the breast offers enormous future potential as an imaging biomarker, but multicenter trials are essential to validate single-center studies and establish DWI as a useful clinical decision-making tool, according to Dr. Julia Camps-Herrero, president of the European Society of Breast Imaging.
August 18, 2019
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