http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Even though Medicare spends over $1 billion per year on breast cancer screenings such as a mammography, there is no evidence that higher spending benefits older women, researchers at Yale School of Medicine found in a study published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-costly-breast-cancer-screenings-dont.html Cancer Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:00:13 EST news276772358 Ultrasound screening could be a more affordable and convenient way to detect early breast cancers in women, especially for those in countries where there is little access to mammograms, according to University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine research presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago. These results are a component of a multinational study that looked at ultrasound as an adjunct to screening mammography. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-ultrasound-accessible-breast-cancer-screening.html Cancer Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:33:34 EST news273223991 New Johns Hopkins research showing a more than four-fold increase in the incidence of breast cancer in women with neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) adds to growing evidence that women with this rare genetic disorder may benefit from early breast cancer screening with mammograms beginning at age 40, and manual breast exams as early as adolescence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-gene-tumor-disorder-linked-breast.html Cancer Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:49:49 EST news273214178 Mammograms have done surprisingly little to catch deadly breast cancers before they spread, a big U.S. study finds. At the same time, more than a million women have been treated for cancers that never would have threatened their lives, researchers estimate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-mammograms-unneeded-treatment.html Cancer Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:28:33 EST news272741303 The addition of three-dimensional breast imaging—a technology called tomosynthesis—to standard digital mammography significantly increases radiologists' diagnostic accuracy while reducing false positive recall rates, according to the results of a multi-center study published in Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-breast-screening-technology-diagnostic-accuracy.html Other Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:07 EST news272563006 A new three-dimensional (3-D) digital mammography technique has the potential to significantly improve the accuracy of breast cancer screening, according to a study published in Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-stereoscopic-mammography-recall.html Cancer Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:07 EST news271955825 (AP)—Breast cancer screening for women over 50 saves lives, an independent panel in Britain has concluded, confirming findings in U.S. and other studies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-mammograms-life-women-overtreated.html Cancer Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:00:01 EST news270740828 It has long been known that breast density, or mammographic density, is a strong risk factor for breast cancer, and that estrogen and progestin hormone therapy increases dense breast tissue. Now, a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research has identified several gene variants in hormone metabolism and growth factor pathways that may be associated with breast density and, hence, breast cancer risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-gene-polymorphisms-responsible-breast-density.html Cancer Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:40:00 EST news270264952 Scientists have developed a way to produce three-dimensional X-ray images of the breast at a radiation dose that is lower than the 2D radiographies used in clinics today. The new method enables the production of 3D diagnostic computed tomography (CT) images with a spatial resolution 2-3 times higher than present hospital scanners, but with a radiation dose that is about 25 times lower. This breakthrough has the potential to overcome the main obstacle limiting conventional CT imaging of the breast: the high radiosensitivity of the breast glandular tissue. Synchrotron X-rays at the Medical station of the ESRF have been used for testing the technique which, once deployed in hospitals, will make CT scans a diagnostic tool to complement dual view mammography. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-x-ray-breast-cancer-imaging-dose.html Cancer Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:00:08 EST news270135988 The use of electronic health records is linked to significantly higher quality care, according to a new study by Lisa Kern and her team, from the Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative in the US. Their work appears online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, published by Springer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-doctors-digital-higher-quality-healthcare.html Health Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:10:00 EST news269698183 New research from the Netherlands shows that the switch from screen film mammography (SFM) to digital mammography (DM) in large, population-based breast cancer screening programs improves the detection of life-threatening cancer without significantly increasing detection of clinically insignificant disease. Results of the study are published online in the journal Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-digital-mammography-population-based-breast-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:08 EST news268330160 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers conducting a study of gene mutations that increase a woman's likelihood of breast and ovarian cancers have made a discovery that could open doors to less expensive and more accessible breast and ovarian cancer screening. Additionally, the surprising study results may also explain how human embryos with these breast cancer mutations survive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-gene-mutation-results-expensive-accessible.html Cancer Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:47:09 EST news267090369 A major review of breast cancer screening services in Europe, jointly led by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, has concluded that the benefits of screening in terms of lives saved outweigh the harms caused by over-diagnosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-comprehensive-european-breast-cancer-screening.html Cancer Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:00:02 EST news266688660 (HealthDay)—In a new study, three types of screening methods used to determine whether breast cancer has spread to other parts of the body only spotted a small portion of tumors that had done so. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-screens-breast-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:50:01 EST news266666109 (HealthDay) -- The No Touch Breast Scan (NTBS), an infrared thermography modality, is not as reliable as mammography for detecting breast cancer, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, held from May 2 to 6 in Phoenix. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-asbs-mammography-infrared-screening-breast.html Cancer Mon, 07 May 2012 05:20:01 EST news255585220 Automated breast ultrasound takes an average three minutes of physician time, allowing for quick and more complete breast cancer screening of asymptomatic women with dense breast tissue, a new study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-automated-breast-ultrasound-physician.html Cancer Thu, 03 May 2012 02:57:10 EST news255232444 More than half the women aged 40-49 diagnosed with breast cancer on screening mammography report no family history, a new study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-family-history-good-women-.html Cancer Thu, 03 May 2012 02:46:57 EST news255232000 After several years of upheaval over the best way to conduct breast cancer screening, researchers are working to find clarity over when women should begin getting mammograms, how often, and at what cost. A pair of new studies clears up some of the uncertainty by finding that women who have a mother or sister diagnosed with breast cancer, or those who have unusually dense breast tissue, should have their first test at age 40 and repeat the exam at least once every other year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-clarity-mammograms.html Cancer Tue, 01 May 2012 12:20:01 EST news255089371 Choosing when to start regular breast cancer screening is a complicated decision for individual women and their providers. For most women, increasing age is the biggest risk factor for breast cancer, which is much more common at age 60 than at 40. But two new articles on other risk factors may inform guidelines and clinical practice about screening mammography from age 40 to 49. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-factors-breast-cancer-screening.html Cancer Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:30:01 EST news255023036 Biomarkers which could help to predict resistance to chemotherapy in breast cancer patients have been identified by researchers from the University of Hull, UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-biomarker-family-chemo-resistant-breast.html Cancer Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:09:30 EST news253443952 Results from one of the longest-running national breast cancer screening programmes have shown that it has contributed to a drop in deaths from the disease, that any harm caused by the screening, such as false positives and over-diagnosis, has been limited, and that the costs have been reasonable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-year-results-breast-cancer-screening.html Cancer Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:43:13 EST news251538167 A Dutch study of the effectiveness of breast cancer screening shows that, even with improved treatments for the disease, population-based mammography programmes still save a significant number of lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-breast-cancer-screening-treatment-significant.html Cancer Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:22:37 EST news251536947 Adding magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to standard breast cancer screening approaches is expensive, though it could be cost effective for a group of women who may not have inherited the breast cancer susceptibility genes, but who have a familial risk of developing the disease. This is the conclusion of research presented at the eighth European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-8) today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-mri-screening-women-family-history.html Cancer Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:21:28 EST news251536882 Scientists have successfully completed an initial trial of a new, potentially more reliable, technique for screening breast cancer using ultrasound. The team at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK's National Measurement Institute, working with the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, are now looking to develop the technique into a clinical device. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-screening-technique-reliable-breast-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:44:51 EST news249907483 A nutrient found in the dark meat of poultry may provide protection against coronary heart disease (CHD) in women with high cholesterol, according to a study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-nutrient-dark-meat-poultry-seafood.html Health Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:30:42 EST news249823819 A new study published on bmj.com today supports the claim that the introduction of breast cancer screening in the UK may have caused more harm than good. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-breast-screening-good.html Cancer Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:10:50 EST news242620993 A new case-control study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, shows that women who participated in at least three screening mammograms had a 49 percent lower risk for breast cancer mortality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-mammography-screening-death-breast-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:37:24 EST news242401021 Women in their 40s with no family history of breast cancer are just as likely to develop invasive breast cancer as are women with a family history of the disease, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). These findings indicate that women in this age group would benefit from annual screening mammography. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-mammography-screening.html Cancer Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:47:19 EST news241753625 The American College of Radiology today denounced new breast cancer screening guidelines by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health (CTFOPH), which recommend against annual screening of women ages 40-49 and would extend time between screens for older women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-canadian-breast-cancer-screening-guidelines.html Cancer Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:42:48 EST news241116159 New breast cancer screening guidelines for women at average risk of breast cancer, published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), recommend no routine mammography screening for women aged 40-49 and extend the screening interval from every 2 years, which is current clinical practice, to every 2 to 3 years for women aged 50-74. The guidelines also recommend against routine clinical breast exam and breast self-examination in asymptomatic women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-breast-cancer-screening-guidelines.html Cancer Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:37:38 EST news241101448