Breast Imaging: Page 86

Reboot recommended on breast screening debate

By Kate Madden Yee

It's time for both sides of the mammography screening debate to drop the same old arguments and start thinking about the problem of breast cancer in new ways, according to two opinion papers from Switzerland and the U.S.

April 9, 2014

Breast cancer radiotherapy boosts lung cancer risk

By Eric Barnes

Women treated for breast cancer have a small but significantly higher risk of developing lung cancer, according to a large study presented at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology meeting in Vienna.

April 4, 2014

Digital mammography causes less 'harm' than film-screen

By Kate Madden Yee

Screening for breast cancer with digital rather than film-screen mammography lowers recall and biopsy rates, suggesting that the technology causes less "harm" to women and the healthcare system in the form of overdiagnosis or unnecessary biopsies, according to a new Norwegian study published online on 1 April.

April 2, 2014

Kent Institute opens in U.K. with royal visit, GE equipment

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Duke of Gloucester was guest of honor at the 2 April opening of the U.K.'s Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery, the city's first tertiary care center that will offer complex procedures and acute care in a broad range of specialties.

April 1, 2014

NHS trial: One-third of women need frequent mammograms

By Eric Barnes

A large study from the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) has found that breast cancer screening every three years is fine for about 70% of women -- but that the other 30% should undergo more frequent mammograms, according to a presentation at the recent European Breast Cancer Conference.

March 27, 2014

DBT with mammography substantially improves specificity

By Rebekah Moan

Using digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) in combination with full-field digital mammography (FFDM) delivers a "substantial" improvement in specificity and a small improvement in sensitivity, according to researchers from Cambridge, U.K.

March 26, 2014

Radiotherapy helps with node-positive breast cancer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Women whose breast cancer has spread to just a few lymph nodes under their arm can benefit from having radiotherapy after mastectomy, according to new research presented at the European Breast Cancer Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

March 19, 2014

New BI-RADS uncouples assessment and management

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - The fifth edition of the BI-RADS atlas has been released, and while there have been several changes, perhaps the most important is the uncoupling of the assessment category and management recommendation, according to presenters at an ECR 2014 session on Sunday afternoon.

March 10, 2014

Multidisciplinary teams offer results in breast cancer management

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Multidisciplinary team meetings will become more commonplace and probably crucial in patient management, such as for breast cancer cases, according to Italian researchers. In a Saturday session at ECR 2014, a radiologist, surgeon, pathologist, and others explained why they think multidisciplinary team meetings are the wave of the future.

March 8, 2014

Use MRI to diagnose PIP breast implant ruptures, Dutch say

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - MRI has high accuracy in diagnosing rupture in silicone breast implants, ECR 2014 delegates learned on Saturday morning. This is particularly useful as many women are being imaged regardless of symptoms due to the recent recall of Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) silicone breast implants.

March 7, 2014

Volpara rolls out breast density software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Volpara Solutions launched its VolparaAnalytics and VolparaDose software at ECR 2014.

March 6, 2014

'Opportunity' knocking for women demanding mammograms

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Opportunistic screening accounts for nearly a quarter of all referred mammograms in the Netherlands. And contrary to expectations, there is no difference among age groups, delegates at ECR 2014 learned on Friday morning.

March 6, 2014

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