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WHO team presents results from global breast cancer survey
New data and analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO) have come under scrutiny at the Advanced Breast Cancer Sixth International Consensus Conference, being held on 4-6 November in Lisbon, Portugal.
November 4, 2021
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Breast pioneer highlights added value of emerging technique
In new research, Dr. Sylvia Heywang‑Köbrunner has emphasized that combining digital breast tomosynthesis with synthesized 2D mammography leads to higher cancer detection rates with fewer recalls compared with conventional mammography alone.
October 28, 2021
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Spanish team finds swollen glands in patients after COVID-19 vaccine
Researchers from the University of Navarra Clinic in Pamplona, Spain, have used ultrasound to identify unilateral axillary adenopathy in patients who had the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
October 19, 2021
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Italian study finds low patient knowledge of radiation
Italian researchers found that patients had a number of misconceptions about radiation used in medical imaging procedures. In fact, more than half of patients thought chest CT delivered more radiation than radiography, according to findings from a survey published on 13 October in JAMA Network Open.
October 12, 2021
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Dutch team uses AI to enhance value of MRI in dense breasts
Researchers from Utrecht in the Netherlands have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that dismissed nearly 40% of breast MRI scans without lesions while not missing any cancers in women with dense breasts. It offers hope as a triage tool, they say.
October 6, 2021
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Dutch team assesses value of breast MRI in 4-year screening intervals
A research group from the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam has reported that MRI screening every four years is about 12% more cost-effective than mammography every two years for women with dense breasts.
September 30, 2021
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Do inadvertent breast scans pose risk for pregnant women?
Portuguese researchers have found that digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis inadvertently performed during pregnancy do not pose a significant radiation risk for pregnant women or their fetuses.
September 28, 2021
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Novel x-ray method promises dramatic cut in radiation dose
Contrast-enhanced digital mammography with monochromatic x-rays provides a simpler and more effective imaging technique at substantially lower radiation dose, two global researchers wrote in the European Journal of Radiology on 18 September.
September 22, 2021
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Italian team evaluates ultrasound scoring index in COVID diagnosis
Investigators from the University of Ferrara in Italy have found that their lung ultrasound severity index can distinguish between patients who have COVID-19 and those who don't. It also helps to identify those who will experience in-hospital mortality.
September 12, 2021
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Novel analysis highlights shortcomings of breast AI
U.K. researchers have found that evidence is insufficient on the accuracy or clinical effect of introducing artificial intelligence (AI) to examine mammograms on the screening pathway. They published their findings on 1 September in the BMJ.
September 7, 2021
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Experts issue appropriate use criteria for molecular breast imaging
The criteria offer use scenarios for technetium-99 (Tc-99m) sestamibi-based gamma camera imaging of the breast.
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An initial hearing will take place in Rome on 19 September for the three radiologists and one cardiologist from La Sapienza University Hospital who are being prosecuted for manslaughter.
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Microultrasound matches MRI in predicting prostate tumor volume
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CTC for colorectal cancer screening is at an 'inflection point'
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The use of CT colonography (CTC) for colorectal cancer screening is at an "inflection point" after its U.S. Medicare reimbursement approval in 2024.
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