Breast Imaging: Page 108

France tries to calm women over scandal-hit implants
By Reuters Health
PARIS (Reuters) - France's health minister tried to calm women's fears over potentially dangerous breast implants on Tuesday, saying there was no medical need to remove them immediately.
December 27, 2011
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PIP implants sold to Dutch firm under new name
By Reuters Health
AMSTERDAM/MARSEILLE (Reuters) - Potentially substandard breast implants made by a French protheses maker now under investigation were sold to about 1,000 Dutch women under a second name, broadening the scope of the scandal that could already affect some 300,000 women worldwide.
December 26, 2011
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Breast implants brought joy then pain to U.K. woman
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters) - When Amanda Harrison had her breasts enlarged in 2006, the results gave her the confidence she had lacked since bullies teased her at school about her flat chest. She now believes her self-esteem came at a terrible cost. Harrison is one of about 250 British women who are suing for compensation after being fitted with suspect breast implants from a French company that shut down in 2010.
December 21, 2011
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French breast implant fears spread around world
By Reuters Health
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Fears over the safety of silicone breast implants made by a now defunct French firm spread to Australia, South America, and across Europe on Thursday as French officials prepared to decide if thousands of women should have their implants surgically removed.
December 21, 2011
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New U.K. study finds fewer benefits for breast screening
By Rebekah Moan
A new model-based analysis of mammography in the U.K. published Thursday in the British Medical Journal has found that the harms of breast screening may outweigh the benefits for up to 10 years after a screening program starts.
December 7, 2011
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Mammo screening reduces breast cancer mortality by almost half
By Kate Madden Yee
Women who receive at least three screening mammograms have a 49% lower risk of dying from breast cancer, according to a new study released online today in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research.
December 5, 2011
Is breast tomo really such a big deal? Yes, say U.K. experts
By Philip Ward
CHICAGO - Researchers from a top London hospital have given a resounding vote of confidence to the clinical value of digital breast tomosynthesis, after assessing its potential in cancer screening and diagnosis in more than 1,500 women during the past two years.
November 30, 2011
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FDG-PET/CT assesses early chemo response in breast cancer
By Wayne Forrest
CHICAGO - FDG-PET/CT's ability to evaluate pathological response after two cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy could help breast cancer patients avoid ineffective treatment, according to a study presented on Sunday at the RSNA 2011 meeting.
November 27, 2011
Hologic releases C-View reconstruction algorithm
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Women's imaging firm Hologic has released its C-View synthesized 2D image reconstruction algorithm, which eliminates the need for a conventional 2D mammogram as a component of a tomosynthesis breast cancer screening exam.
November 27, 2011
3-tesla 3D MR spectroscopy works well for breast lesions
By Wayne Forrest
Three-tesla 3D MR spectroscopy provides high diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for distinguishing between benign and malignant breast lesions within reasonable measurement times, according to an Austrian study published in the December issue of Radiology.
November 23, 2011
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Sectra OneScreen launched in Swiss imaging center
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
PACS developer Sectra identified Centre d'Imagerie de Morges, a private imaging center in the Swiss canton of Vaud, as the first facility in the country to offer a diagnostic examination combining both a mammogram and an osteoporosis check.
November 22, 2011
Digital mammo local contrast optimization boosts recalls
By Rebekah Moan
For digital mammography, using local contrast optimization for image processing may increase perceived suspiciousness of breast tissue, but diagnostic accuracy may remain similar to other algorithms, Dutch researchers found in a study published online on 10 November in European Radiology.
November 21, 2011
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