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GE to invest $1 billion in cancer research

US industrial conglomerate General Electric said on Thursday that it would invest $1 billion in cancer research over the next five years.

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'Pink ribbon dollars' help fill financial gaps for breast cancer programs

A new study shows that donations collected by check boxes on state income tax forms, fees from license plates and revenue from state lottery tickets have raised millions for breast cancer research and prevention programs ...

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Popular mammography tool not effective for finding invasive breast cancer

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 ...

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Addressing high false-positive rates for mammograms

We've heard it repeatedly: early detection is key to surviving breast cancer. But even with recent advances in mammography, finding indications of breast cancer before it can metastasize remains a problem. Scientists at Pacific ...

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Gamma imaging provides superior tumor detection for dense breasts

A study revealed at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is comparing the breast-tumor detection capabilities of two very different imaging technologies—breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI), which provides functional images of ...

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