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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
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
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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Mobile breast screening unit gets hit by hefty parking fees
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Cornwall Council in the U.K. has charged the National Health Service breast screening program substantial parking fees for its mobile screening van, but the charges have now been waived, according to a report posted by CornwallLive.com.
August 15, 2019
Italians find mammography can show cardiovascular disease
By Kate Madden Yee
Italian researchers have found that mammography can be a useful way to test for cardiovascular disease at the same time as screening for breast cancer because it identifies breast arterial calcifications, which have been linked to cardiovascular disease risk. They published their results online on 11 August in the European Journal of Radiology.
August 14, 2019
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Interval breast cancer screening comes under scrutiny in Ireland
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Irish government's agency for health and social care services, the Health Service Executive, is investigating the review of breast cancer screening mammography exams performed outside of the standardized audit process, according to a 12 August article on RTE.ie.
August 12, 2019
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Breast imaging service closes at U.K. hospital
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, U.K., has permanently shut down its breast imaging facility, according to a recent article in the Manchester Evening News.
August 12, 2019
AI displays potential for breast ultrasound
By Erik L. Ridley
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can yield a promising level of performance for differentiating between benign and malignant solid breast masses on B-mode ultrasound images, but further improvement is still needed, according to research published online on 5 August in European Radiology Experimental.
August 11, 2019
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