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BIR issues free podcast on breast MRI

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) has posted a podcast on multiparametric breast MRI featuring Dr. Katja Pinker, a professor of radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and senior editor of BJR|case reports.

March 26, 2018

Growth in breast tumor size may reflect screening drop

By Rebekah Moan

The average size of breast tumors has increased significantly since 2001, and this may reflect declining screening rates, researchers reported at the European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona, Spain. The finding is in stark contrast to the 1980s and 1990s, when the average size of tumors decreased dramatically.

March 22, 2018

Swiss claim drop in breast cancer not due to mammography

By Rebekah Moan

Breast cancer mortality dropped strongly from the 1990s onward in Switzerland, but is the decline due to mammography screening programs? The authors of a new study published on 14 March in BMJ Open say that's possible, but it could also be due to other factors such as advances in treatment.

March 20, 2018

EBCC: Polygenic risk scores predict 2nd breast cancer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Polygenic risk scores can predict the risk of a second breast cancer in BRCA breast cancer survivors, according to research presented at the European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC) in Barcelona, Spain.

March 20, 2018

PET/MRI, PET/CT can add to initial breast cancer staging

By Wayne Forrest

Both PET/MRI and PET/CT perform admirably in the initial staging of breast cancer patients, but there are subtle nuances between the hybrid modalities of which clinicians should be aware, according to a Swiss study presented earlier this month at ECR 2018 in Vienna.

March 19, 2018

Volpara participates in U.K. breast screening research

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions said its VolparaDensity software will be used in the second stage of the U.K.'s Predicting Risk of Cancer at Screening (PROCAS) study, a research project that seeks to improve prediction of breast cancer risk in women receiving routine breast screening.

March 15, 2018

RCR highlights breast screening in April issue of journal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has centered the April issue of its journal Clinical Radiology on breast screening and the future of breast imaging in the U.K.

March 15, 2018

Top 5 trends from ECR 2018 in Vienna

By Philip Ward, Erik Ridley, Wayne Forrest, and Rebekah Moan

The huge red dragon that dominated the registration area of ECR 2018 looked amazing in everybody's photos, but what were the lasting impressions and meaningful issues to take away from this year's congress in a decidedly chilly Vienna? Our editorial team has put together a list of the five key themes.

March 7, 2018

Sectra signs Swedish digital pathology deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS vendor Sectra has been awarded a contract to digitize pathology data for the Dalarna County Council in Sweden.

March 6, 2018

Focus on FOCUS, a new DWI-MRI protocol for breast lesions

By Rebekah Moan

A new type of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is giving conventional breast MRI a run for its money. Field-of-view optimized and constrained undistorted single-shot (FOCUS) imaging can identify 85% of suspicious breast lesions, ECR 2018 delegates learned in Vienna.

March 4, 2018

Contrast-enhanced mammography prepares to enter clinical mainstream

By Rebekah Moan

Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) is gaining momentum, and like it or not, the technique will be a part of the workup for breast imaging in the future, not least because CESM rivals breast MRI in many ways, according to European breast imaging specialists.

March 2, 2018

Volpara launches 2 new products at ECR 2018

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions launched two new breast imaging products in Europe at ECR 2018 in Vienna.

March 2, 2018

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