Breast Imaging: Page 50

Screening mammo critic Gotzsche to start new institute
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Long-time mammography screening critic Dr. Peter Gøtzsche plans to start a new organization called the Institute for Scientific Freedom, according to a news item published online January 11 in the BMJ.
January 14, 2019
Mammography screening in England hits new low
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Breast cancer screening fell to a new low in England in 2017 as nearly 800,000 women declined invitations to receive mammograms, according to a 20 December report in the Daily Mail.
December 19, 2018
False positives boost a woman's breast cancer risk
By Kate Madden Yee
Women who have a false-positive result on a screening mammography exam have twice the risk of being diagnosed with a screen-detected or interval breast cancer later compared with women with a negative result, according to a Spanish-led study published on 19 December in the British Journal of Cancer.
December 18, 2018
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Adding CAD to DBT can cut reading time by 14%
By Kate Madden Yee
The addition of computer-aided detection (CAD) to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) interpretation can reduce reading time by 14% -- for both beginner and experienced readers, according to a study published online on 13 December in European Radiology.
December 17, 2018
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U.K. team to conduct personalized breast screening study
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Researchers from Loughborough University in Leicestershire, U.K., plan to conduct a study investigating whether personalized breast cancer screening is a better option for women between the ages of 40 and 70.
December 16, 2018
U.K. review finds only 5K women missed breast screening
By Brian Casey
An independent review of the recent U.K. breast screening debacle has found that only 5,000 women actually missed invitations to screening appointments, down sharply from the 450,000 originally estimated. The review panel also noted that U.K. public health authorities initially overstated the magnitude of the problem, causing unnecessary anxiety among women.
December 13, 2018
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TOF PET/MRI reduces dose for breast cancer detection
By Wayne Forrest
Clinicians can use as little as 10% of the conventional FDG dose and still produce diagnostic-quality images to detect breast cancer using a time-of-flight (TOF) imaging technique with PET/MRI, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
December 11, 2018
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Why England is correct to review breast-screening approach
By Dr. László Tabár and Dr. Peter B. Dean
The National Health Service in England has begun a long-term plan to evaluate its strategy for breast cancer screening. This review is long overdue, write Drs. László Tabár and Peter B. Dean. They stress the importance of early detection and treatment.
December 10, 2018
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Use ultrasound to evaluate masses found on DBT
By Kate Madden Yee
Ultrasound is 98% effective for further assessing masses found on screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), according to a study published online on 29 November in the British Journal of Radiology. The findings suggest that a diagnostic mammogram after screening DBT is unnecessary, thus sparing women additional radiation exposure.
December 4, 2018
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ScreenPoint partners with Volpara
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dutch women's imaging software developer ScreenPoint Medical has signed a memorandum of understanding with breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions.
November 29, 2018
How Denmark strives for quality in breast screening
By Philip Ward
Multidisciplinary teamwork, high-volume readers, training and audits, and continuous monitoring of quality are vital in breast cancer screening, according to Dr. Ilse Vejborg, a speaker at Tuesday's RSNA 2018 session on the Nordic countries. Her group also works hard to avoid potential harms from overdiagnosis and unnecessary intervention.
November 26, 2018
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Kheiron gets funding to test deep-learning mammo software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
U.K. start-up Kheiron Medical Technologies will be testing its deep-learning breast cancer screening software in the National Health Service as part of a larger radiology project funded by the U.K. government.
November 26, 2018
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