Archive: 03/12/2013

3D mammography increases cancer detection and reduces call-back rates, study finds

Compared to traditional mammography, 3D mammography—known as digital breast tomosynthesis—found 22 percent more breast cancers and led to fewer call backs in a large screening study at the Hospital of the University of ...

Dec 3, 2013

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Breast tomosynthesis increases cancer detection and reduces recall rates

Researchers have found that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) led to reduced recall rates and an increase in cancer detection in a large breast cancer screening program. The results of this study were presented today at ...

Dec 3, 2013

Breast cancer risk related to changes in breast density as women age

Automated breast density measurement is predictive of breast cancer risk in younger women, and that risk may be related to the rate at which breast density changes in some women as they age, according to research being presented ...

Dec 3, 2013

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Disability, distress in RA patients cut in half over last 20 years

New research reveals that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) today have an easier time with daily living than patients diagnosed two decades ago. According to results of the study published in Arthritis Care & Research, ...

Dec 3, 2013

New research shows promise for possible HIV cure

Researchers have used radioimmunotherapy (RIT) to destroy remaining human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected cells in the blood samples of patients treated with antiretroviral therapy, offering the promise of a strategy ...

Dec 3, 2013

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