Breast Imaging: Page 78

German breast experts set to discuss U.S. standards

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

More than 300 experts are due to gather in Frankfurt, Germany, this weekend for a consensus meeting on breast cancer diagnosis, according to the German Radiological Society (DRG).

June 8, 2015

NEJM: Breast cancer screening reduces mortality by 40%

By Kate Madden Yee

Another salvo in the screening mammography wars has been released in the form of a literature review in the New England Journal of Medicine suggesting that breast cancer screening reduces mortality by 40%. Both sides of the breast screening debate may be able to gain ammunition from the report's findings, however.

June 3, 2015

Study finds higher breast recall rates in U.S. vs. Denmark

By Frances Rylands-Monk

New evidence has shown that women screened for breast cancer in the U.S. were recalled for workup much more frequently than women screened in Denmark, and cancer detection rates also varied significantly, according to a study published by the International Journal of Cancer.

May 26, 2015

New breast tomo CAD shows high sensitivity

By Eric Barnes

A new computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm for digital breast tomosynthesis studies delivers high sensitivity and an acceptably low false-positive rate, according to Italian researchers. In a retrospective study of nearly 200 women who underwent DBT for breast cancer screening, CAD demonstrated sensitivity of 89% with a false-positive rate of 2.7 per breast.

May 25, 2015

Family breast cancer history doesn't mean poor prognosis

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Women with a family history of breast cancer who develop the disease face no worse of a prognosis than others who develop breast cancer, according to a new study published in BJS.

May 20, 2015

Dr. Adrian Dixon, breast experts & joggers excel at DRK

By Michael Reiter, Dr. Matthias Dietzel

HAMBURG - "Sherlock Homes is nothing compared to a radiologist," Dr. Adrian Dixon pointed out in an interview with the congress newspaper at last week's German Radiology Congress (DRK) in Hamburg. Dixon received honorary membership of the German Radiological Society at the meeting.

May 19, 2015

Steal time from cancer, advocates Dr. László Tabár

By Becky McCall

LONDON - Find at least half of invasive breast cancers when they are smaller than 14 mm in size. That was the key message of the screening pioneer Dr. László Tabár, speaking at last week's special lecture event organized by the British Institute of Radiology.

May 19, 2015

Intelerad brings breast software to the U.K.

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS firm Intelerad Medical Systems has brought its diagnostic viewing and reporting tools for 2D and 3D breast tomosynthesis images to the U.K.

May 12, 2015

Synthetic 2D can add value to breast tomo

By Rebekah Moan

Synthetic 2D images can bring additional value to digital breast tomosynthesis, overcome the limitation in comparison with prior studies without additional radiation dose exposure, and lead to no increase in exam times, Italian researchers found.

May 10, 2015

Swedish study finds one-view DBT detects more breast cancers

By Brian Casey

One-view digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) detected 40% more breast cancers than traditional two-view mammography, with lower radiation dose, in a study of more than 7,500 women in Sweden that was published on 1 May in European Radiology.

May 5, 2015

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

April 29, 2015

Breast tomo proves value for detecting calcifications

By Rebekah Moan

Digital breast tomosynthesis is superior to full-field digital mammography for detection of microcalcifications, according to an Italian researcher, who believes the study marks another step toward the evolution of more routine use of 3D mammography in breast imaging.

April 29, 2015

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