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Screening debate 'destabilizes' breast imaging
By Robin Marshall
As president-elect of the European Society of Breast Imaging, Dr. Gábor Forrai from Budapest faces a busy time ahead. In this exclusive interview, we ask him to take out the crystal ball and reflect on the future challenges and opportunities facing the community he will be representing.
October 30, 2014
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Shear-wave elastography shows promise for breast cancer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Shear-wave elastography is poised to become an important tool for detecting breast cancer, according to a new report by research and consulting firm GlobalData.
October 28, 2014
Spanish dismiss digital mammo's overdiagnosis risk
By Rebekah Moan
In a new 16-year study, Spanish researchers have found that switching to full-field digital mammography (FFDM) leads to early diagnosis, not overdiagnosis. The group found that cancer detection rates did not increase when compared with film-screen mammography, but going digital did lead to an increase in ductal carcinoma in situ detection rates.
October 13, 2014
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Koning secures Australian breast CT clearance
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Koning has received the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods Certificate for its Koning Breast CT system and biopsy add-on option.
October 2, 2014
Survey: 75% of adults unaware of breast density risk
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Three-quarters of adults around the world are unaware that dense breast tissue increases a woman's cancer risk, according to a survey performed by GE Healthcare.
October 1, 2014
ESOR extends breast fellowship to U.S.
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European School of Radiology (ESOR) and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York will jointly offer a breast imaging fellowship in the U.S. with a new deadline of 10 October.
September 30, 2014
New studies underline promise of digital breast tomosynthesis
By Rebekah Moan
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is superior to conventional digital mammography when detecting breast cancer in women with dense breasts, according to research presented at this month's International Congress of Radiology. DBT also has an edge for the characterization of masses.
September 24, 2014
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Mammo skeptics make new bid to stop U.K. breast screening trial
By Frances Rylands-Monk
A U.K. clinical trial examining whether mammography screening should be offered to a broader range of women must be halted due to ethical and medical concerns, according to a letter published in BMJ by a group of longtime opponents to breast screening. But not everyone agrees.
September 15, 2014
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Forget breast screening for women 70 and older, Dutch say
By Rebekah Moan
Routine breast cancer screening should not be performed on a large scale in women older than age 70 until more data are available, according to Dutch researchers who conducted a trial of more than 38,000 women. The prospective study, published online on 15 September, has attracted an angry response from some experts.
September 14, 2014
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Breast screening controversies spark debate at ICR 2014
By Philip Ward
DUBAI - Greater consideration should be given to a woman's total quality of life in the breast screening debate. That was the take-home message of a keynote lecture by Dr. Rola Shaheen at this week's International Congress of Radiology (ICR 2014).
September 9, 2014
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Single-view DBT + DM protocol boosts mammography sensitivity
By Rebekah Moan
A breast screening protocol that combines single-view digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) with single-view 2D digital mammography (DM) had higher sensitivity for detecting breast cancer than two-view 2D digital mammography, with just a slight increase in radiation dose, according to a new study in European Radiology.
September 9, 2014
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BJC: Some women still don't grasp breast screening risk
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
One-third of women who are given information about the chance of "overdiagnosis" through the U.K.'s National Health Service breast screening program may not fully understand those risks, scientists from Cancer Research UK reported online in the British Journal of Cancer on 29 August.
September 2, 2014
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