http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Digital direct radiography (DR) is significantly more effective than computed radiography (CR) at detecting breast cancer, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-digital-mammography-cancer-vary-significantly.html Cancer Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:01 EST news287688393 (HealthDay)—Compared with currently used computer-aided detection (CAD) prompts, use of an interactive CAD system, in which CAD marks and their associated suspiciousness scores remain hidden unless queried by a reader, improves the detection of malignant masses using digital mammography, according to research published in the January issue of Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-interactive-decision-ups-breast-ca.html Cancer Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:40:40 EST news277994433 (HealthDay)—Using a combination of tomosynthesis, which produces a three-dimensional reconstruction of the breast, with digital mammography increases radiologists' diagnostic accuracy and significantly lowers the number of recalls for non-cancer cases, according to research published in the January issue of Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-tomosynthesis-ups-accuracy-digital-mammography.html Cancer Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:10:01 EST news276529986 (HealthDay)—The impact of different screening modalities on cancer risk has been quantified in two studies presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, held from Nov. 25 to 30 in Chicago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-rsna-breast-ca-prior-ct.html Cancer Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:10:03 EST news273262209 The radiation dose to areas of the body near the breast during mammography is negligible, or very low, and does not result in an increased risk of cancer, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The results suggest that the use of thyroid shields during mammography is unnecessary. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-mammography-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:04 EST news273174790 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 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 There is still a one in eight lifetime risk that a woman will develop breast cancer, and the best tool against the disease remains early detection. Now, Women & infants Hospital of Rhode Island has taken the breast cancer battle to the next level with the installation of the most advanced imaging technology available, called digital breast tomosynthesis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-hospital-tomosynthesis-mammograms-region-week.html Cancer Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:00:22 EST news242485210 Over the past few years, newer digital mammography has been replacing older film mammography, but researchers wondered, is the newer technology better at detecting cancer? A new study reported October 18, 2011 in the Annals of Internal Medicine and coauthored by Berta Geller, Ed.D., professor of family medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, is the first to assess the accuracy of digital compared to film mammography in U.S. community practice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-accuracy-digital-mammography.html Cancer Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:10:01 EST news239532859