Breast Imaging: Page 58

Would risk-based breast screening be more cost-effective?
By Philip Ward
Not offering breast screening to women at lower risk of cancer could improve the cost-effectiveness of screening programs, reduce overdiagnosis, and maintain most of the benefits of screening, according to U.K. research published online on 5 July by JAMA Oncology.
July 4, 2018
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Danes find gridless mammography cuts radiation dose
By Rebekah Moan
Using gridless mammography acquisition results in a lower radiation dose for the patient, according to new research from Denmark. The study involving more than 70,000 women demonstrated that gridless mammography acquisition with software scatter correction is an alternative to grid-based acquisition in mammography.
July 2, 2018
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Hologic starts selling Viera portable breast ultrasound unit
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Women's imaging firm Hologic has started selling its new Viera handheld breast ultrasound scanner in the U.S. and Europe.
June 19, 2018
TOF PET/MRI allows lower FDG dose for breast cases
By Wayne Forrest
Clinicians can reduce a standard dose of FDG by as much as 90% and still achieve clinically acceptable PET image quality in time-of-flight (TOF) PET/MRI scans for breast cancer, according to a Swiss study published online on 7 June in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
June 17, 2018
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Radiographers: 'Yes, we can read chest x-rays'
By Philip Ward
The U.K. Society of Radiographers has refuted the suggestion that radiographers must not read chest x-rays and cannot conduct clinical image reporting to a standard equivalent to a senior radiologist. It's a "rather sad spectacle," according to its CEO Richard Evans.
June 14, 2018
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Tomosynthesis can work in breast assessment clinics
By Rebekah Moan
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has the potential to improve healthcare by increasing diagnostic accuracy and simplifying workup in breast cancer assessment clinics, so much so that assessment clinics have widely embraced the modality, a new study published in European Radiology found.
June 11, 2018
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English women fare worst in breast cancer survival
By Rebekah Moan
English women ages 70 and older are less likely to survive breast cancer than women of the same age in Belgium, Poland, the Republic of Ireland, and the Netherlands, according to research published online on 7 June in the British Journal of Cancer.
June 7, 2018
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DBT plus DM finds 90% more cancer than mammo alone
By Kate Madden Yee
The combination of digital mammography (DM) plus digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) finds 90% more breast cancer than digital mammography alone -- and with a similar recall rate, according to a study published online on 5 June in Radiology.
June 6, 2018
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U.K. reduces tally of women affected by screening blunder
By Brian Casey
The U.K. breast screening blunder has apparently not affected as many women as initially feared, according to a statement made this week by government officials. The latest estimate is that as many as 75 women may have died as a result of not being screened, compared with an initial estimate of as many as 270.
June 5, 2018
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Siemens leads $5M in financing for ScreenPoint
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dutch women's imaging software developer ScreenPoint Medical has raised $5 million (4.3 million euros) in a series B investment round led by Siemens Healthineers.
May 30, 2018
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Why did the U.K. breast screening glitch go undetected?
By Brian Casey
Could the U.K. National Health Service have detected sooner the fact that nearly 500,000 women were not invited to their final round of mammography in the country's national breast screening program? The authors of a new correspondence article published on 24 May in the Lancet suggest that it might have.
May 29, 2018
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Breast screening rates fall sharply in Switzerland
By Rebekah Moan
Breast cancer screening attendance in Switzerland has hit a new low, despite expanding regional mammography screening programs. Several breast radiologists have blamed antiscreening information and the debate surrounding the pros and cons of breast cancer screening.
May 28, 2018
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