Breast Imaging: Page 103

Carestream backs mammography education
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Carestream Health is supporting a series of mammography education, training, and professional development opportunities, including continuing education (CE) and continuing medical education (CME) courses.
April 25, 2012
Austrians transmit uncompressed mammograms without quality loss
By Rebekah Moan
Uncompressed digital mammograms can be transmitted to different institutions with different workstations, without loss of information, Viennese researchers have found. In addition, the transmission process does not significantly influence image quality, lesion detection, or BI-RADS rating.
April 25, 2012
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Dutch find benign surgery affects mammography's sensitivity
By Kate Madden Yee
Screening mammography's sensitivity can be hindered after women have had conservative breast surgery or radiotherapy. But even benign surgery such as biopsy or breast reduction can cause permanent postoperative changes that decrease mammography's screening sensitivity, researchers from the Netherlands found.
April 24, 2012
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Matakina signs Finnish distributor
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
New Zealand breast density software developer Matakina International has signed a distributor agreement with Finnish radiology products provider Commit Oy.
April 23, 2012
Breast cancer may be clutch of 10 diseases: study
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists who conducted a major international study into the genetics of breast cancer say they can now classify the disease into 10 subtypes -- a finding that points to more accurate, tailored treatment for individual patients in the future.
April 19, 2012
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What you need to know about MRI of reconstructed breast
By Kate Madden Yee
Surgical management of breast cancer often includes lumpectomy or mastectomy, followed by breast reconstruction. Each of these types of reconstruction has different appearances on MRI, and knowing what to look for is critical, according to a major article published in Insights into Imaging.
April 17, 2012
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Study: PIP implant failures higher than thought
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
New research published in the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery suggests that the failure rate of silicone breast implants manufactured by Poly Implant Prosthèse (PIP) could be as high as 34%.
April 16, 2012
Breast cancer incidence escalates in India
By Cynthia E. Keen
India has been experiencing an increase in breast cancer that is reaching epidemic proportions, according to a news report published in theLancet. By 2020, the disease is expected to overtake cervical cancer as the most common type of cancer among all women in India.
April 8, 2012
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Critic of breast screening publishes book
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dr. Peter Gøtzsche of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen has published a book on the topic of screening mammography. Mammography Screening: Truth, Lies and Controversy posits that "the most effective way to decrease women's risk of becoming a breast cancer patient is to avoid attending screening."
April 5, 2012
Decision-support algorithm helps classify breast MR lesions
By Erik L. Ridley
German researchers have developed a decision-support tool that can help radiologists differentiate lesions on breast MRI studies with a high degree of accuracy. It could ultimately be automated or used with existing tools such as computer-aided detection.
April 4, 2012
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Careful use of MRI restores calm in PIP implant cases
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Ultrasound remains the gold standard for monitoring Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants, but new French data suggest that dedicated silicone sequences in MRI can help detect problems, particularly if asymptomatic patients wish to keep their implants.
April 3, 2012
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Pain keeps 2% of women from getting annual mammograms
By Rebekah Moan
In population-based screening programs, approximately 2% of women do not return for their annual exam due to pain or discomfort, U.K. researchers said in a poster at last month's European Congress of Radiology.
April 2, 2012
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