Womens Imaging: Page 69

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Philip Ward

July 28, 2019

U.K. team sheds light on recalls in breast screening

By Philip Ward

Seeking to eliminate a woman's anxiety over being recalled after breast screening is a worthy goal, but is it safe to actively drive down the recall rate? Researchers from Manchester addressed this question by analyzing why women were recalled after over 200,000 screening exams.

July 28, 2019

Scheme promotes mammography for Italians in Australia

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

CO.AS.IT, a nonprofit organization in Australia for Italians and Australians of Italian descent, has raised 55,000 Australian dollars (34,000 euros) in support of its 10,000 Italian Roses mammography awareness project, according to an article published online in La Fiamma.

July 23, 2019

Volpara joins forces with ScreenPoint Medical

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Following up on a previously announced memorandum of understanding, breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions has finalized a distribution agreement with Dutch women's imaging software developer ScreenPoint Medical.

July 22, 2019

Elastography predicts breast cancer therapy response

By Kate Madden Yee

Elastography can help determine treatment response in patients with locally advanced breast cancer during the course of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study published in July in BJR.

July 22, 2019

PET/MRI develops growing role in cervical cancer

By Wayne Forrest

PET/MRI can become an increasingly valuable modality for the early-stage diagnosis of cervical cancer, especially when the disease spreads to the parametrium, according to a study published on 17 July in the European Journal of Radiology.

July 21, 2019

Breast MRI can identify positive tumor margins

By Kate Madden Yee

Researchers have shown that preoperative breast MRI features such as multifocal disease and a nonmass enhancement lesion can help predict positive or close margins at breast-conserving surgery. They published their findings in the August issue of the European Journal of Radiology.

July 17, 2019

iCAD wins CE Mark for mammography AI platform

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) and radiation therapy firm iCAD has received the CE Mark for its ProFound artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for mammography.

July 11, 2019

Which imaging modality is best for ovarian cancer?

By Philip Ward

FDG-PET/CT is more accurate than contrast-enhanced CT for detecting primary ovarian cancer, but due to CT's wide availability, cost-effectiveness, and quick interpretation by junior radiologists, it is preferred on a daily basis, attendees learned at the recent World Congress on obstetrics and gynecology in London.

July 3, 2019

Breast cancer screening develops in Iran

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Breast cancer screening tests and prevention services in Iran are now covered by a universal public health insurance plan, according to a 3 July report in the Tehran Times.

July 2, 2019

Irish fears grow over litigation's impact on screening

By Philip Ward

There's a significant risk doctors won't work in Ireland's breast cancer screening service due to fears over being sued for false-negative results, according to a national newspaper article published on 2 July. The future of the service is now in jeopardy, leading experts warn.

July 2, 2019

MRI and teamworking boost outcome in endometriosis

By Philip Ward

In tricky cases of endometriosis, the key to success is the optimum use of MRI for preoperative staging plus multidisciplinary teamworking that encourages efficient feedback between surgeons and radiologists to ensure quality control, delegates learned at the recent World Congress on obstetrics and gynecology.

June 27, 2019

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