Oncology & Cancer
AI shows potential in breast cancer screening programs
A major new study in Radiology shows that artificial intelligence (AI) is a promising tool for breast cancer detection in screening mammography programs.
Mar 29, 2022
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News tagged with breast cancer screening
Oncology & Cancer
Half of all women experience false positive mammograms after 10 years of annual screening
A study led by UC Davis Health has found that half of all women will experience at least one false positive mammogram over a decade of annual breast cancer screening with digital breast tomosynthesis (3D mammography). The ...
Mar 25, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies and addresses US cancer screening deficits due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Deaths from cancer are expected to increase over the next decade as a result of screening deficits due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New research published by Wiley online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer ...
Mar 21, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New research measures drop in cancer detection due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Research in the March 2022 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network examined data from the Ontario Cancer Registry from September 25, 2016 through September 26, 2020, to determine the impact of ...
Mar 14, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer overdiagnosis may not happen as frequently as previously thought
A modeling study based on data from the Breast Cancer Screening Consortium, the most authoritative data set on breast cancer screening in the U.S., found that previous estimates of breast cancer overdiagnosis may have been ...
Mar 1, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
Studies reinforce link using bariatric surgery to reduce obesity-associated breast cancer
New studies aim to clarify the relationship between obesity and breast cancer, and explore the potential role of bariatric surgery in reducing this risk, according to a review published online in Obesity journal.
Feb 23, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Women know little about overdiagnosis of breast cancer
Women know less about the so-called overdiagnosis of breast cancer compared to other aspects of mammogram screening. Despite this, there are few indications that women drop out of mammogram screening programs after receiving ...
Feb 15, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Changing breast screening timelines would increase detected cases and uptake
A new study led by Queen Mary University of London, published in the Journal of Medical Screening, has found that using a longer interval between screens but a higher uptake in the NHS screening program for breast cancers ...
Feb 11, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Personalized cancer screening with AI
While mammograms are currently the gold standard in breast cancer screening, swirls of controversy exist: advocates argue for the ability to save lives, (women aged 60 to 69 had a 33 percent lower risk of dying compared to ...
Jan 20, 2022
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Radiology & Imaging
Radiologist fatigue, experience affect breast imaging call backs
Less-experienced radiologists are more likely to recommend additional imaging for women undergoing breast cancer screening when they read digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images later in the day, according to a new study ...
Jan 11, 2022
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