http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. As soon as women quit hormone therapy, their rates of new breast cancer decline, supporting the hypothesis that stopping hormones can lead to tumor regression, according to a report e-published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-hormones-breast-cancer-regress.html Cancer Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:43:17 EST news249666192 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 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 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 New research has questioned the relative impact of mammographic screening in reducing deaths from breast cancer, concluding that it is not responsible for most of the recent reduction in mortality rates and may in fact cause unnecessary surgery through over-diagnosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-breastscreen-benefits.html Cancer Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:18:46 EST news239620709 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 A model used to estimate breast cancer survival rates found that the probability that a woman with screen-detected breast cancer will avoid a breast cancer death because of screening mammography may be lower than previously thought, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-probability-proportion-women-survive-breast.html Cancer Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:26:35 EST news238692387 Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer among women in the United States, with approximately 200,000 new diagnoses each year. Early detection is key in the treatment of breast cancer and the biggest advancement for detection in 30 years has arrived at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center – tomosynthesis, an innovative technology that provides three-dimensional detailed imaging of the breast. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-technology-mammography.html Cancer Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:11:37 EST news236707791 Mammograms are not one-size-fits-all, says noted breast cancer researcher Karla Kerlikowske, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Rather, they should be customized based on a woman’s age, breast density, family health history and other factors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-mammograms-tailored-patient.html Cancer Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:05:56 EST news236585143 It can be difficult to sort through the many messages regarding breast cancer screening. Fancy billboards seen along the highways, recommendations made by your neighbor or the local newscaster, or mixed messages throughout the internet can cause confusion. What is the best way to screen for breast cancer? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-breast-cancer-screening.html Cancer Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:10:01 EST news236511549 Mammography done yearly or every two years to detect new or recurrent tumors after surgery appears to prolong the lives of breast cancer survivors, according to a large new evidence review. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-regular-mammograms-prolong-life-breast.html Cancer Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:21:15 EST news236424068 According to a recent poll of 1,000 American voters conducted for the American College of Radiology, nearly 9-in-10 women reported that having a regular mammogram gave them a feeling of control over their own health care. Nearly 90 percent of women who had a mammogram considered mammograms important to their health and well-being. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-national-poll-percent-women-mammograms.html Health Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:12:05 EST news236340719 While mammography rates have improved among foreign-born women residing in the United States, these women are still less likely to have undergone breast cancer screening than native-born U.S. women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-mammography-immigrants.html Cancer Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:18:49 EST news235660708 A new analysis has found that a decline in hormone therapy (HT) use among women aged 50 to 64 years is linked with lower mammogram rates among these women. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that when women stop seeing their doctor for HT prescriptions, physicians do not have the opportunity to remind them that their mammograms are due. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-hormone-therapy-linked-mammogram.html Cancer Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:34:55 EST news233202136 Breast cancer screening has not played a direct part in the reductions of breast cancer mortality in recent years, says a new study published on bmj.com today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-breast-screening-falling-cancer-deaths.html Cancer Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:00:01 EST news231129969 Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology is ineffective in finding breast tumors, and appears to increase a woman's risk of being called back needlessly for additional testing following mammography, a large UC Davis study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-popular-mammography-tool-effective-invasive.html Cancer Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:14:09 EST news231002040 The American College of Radiology (ACR) and Society of Breast Imaging applaud and support updated American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' (ACOG) recommendations that women begin getting annual mammograms at age 40. The updated ACOG recommendations now correspond with those of the American Cancer Society, ACR, Society of Breast Imaging (SBI), American Society of Breast Disease (ASBD) and many other major medical associations with demonstrated expertise in breast cancer care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-acr-sbi-acog-women-annual.html Cancer Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:40:25 EST news230402414 Breast cancer screening with mammography results in a significant reduction in breast cancer mortality, according to long-term follow-up results of a large-scale Swedish trial. The results are published online in the journal Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-mammography-screening-breast-cancer-mortality.html Cancer Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:18:09 EST news228449852 Education, referrals, support and other interventions by community health workers improve rates of screening mammography in the United States – especially in medical and urban settings and among women whose race and ethnicity is similar to that of the community health workers serving them. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-health-worker-interventions-mammography-screening.html Cancer Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:04:56 EST news228049447 A team of EU-funded researchers has developed a new type of mammogram technique using molecular imaging which could help detect breast cancer earlier. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-device-earlier-breast-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 20 May 2011 12:39:06 EST news225113549 Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified unhealthy substance use as a risk factor for not receiving all appropriate preventive health services. The findings, which currently appear in BMJ Open, identify unhealthy substance use as a barrier to completion of mammography screening and influenza vaccination. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-unhealthy-substance-factor-health.html Cancer Fri, 13 May 2011 13:31:24 EST news224512266