Automated breast-density evaluation was just as accurate in predicting women's risk of breast cancer, found and not found by mammography, as subjective evaluation done by radiologists, in a study led by researchers at UC ...
Apr 30, 2018
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Researchers using automated breast density measurements have found that women with mammographically dense breast tissue have higher recall and biopsy rates and increased odds of screen-detected and interval breast cancer, ...
Jun 26, 2018
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The use of ultrasound (US) in detecting breast cancer has been shown to be comparable in its sensitivity to that of mammography and should be considered when testing for the disease according to a study published December ...
Dec 28, 2015
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The likelihood of a woman being told she has dense breasts varies substantially according to which radiologist interprets her mammogram. These findings, published in Annals of Internal Medicine, have policy implications with ...
Jul 18, 2016
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A new law in New Jersey helps women with a condition that puts them at higher risk of breast cancer get additional screenings - but it fails to require health care providers to inform women when they have the condition and ...
Feb 11, 2014
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Supplemental ultrasound screening for all U.S. women with dense breasts would substantially increase healthcare costs with little improvement in overall health, according to senior author Anna Tosteson, ScD, at Dartmouth ...
Dec 9, 2014
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More American women are getting the word that they may have breasts too dense for mammograms to give a good picture. What's not so clear is what to make of that information.
Aug 20, 2012
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A new research project at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is recruiting women with dense breast tissue to examine the effectiveness of a novel breast ultrasound device. SoftVue is the world's first 3-D, whole-breast ...
Sep 1, 2017
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A two-pronged approach to imaging breast density in mice, developed by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, has resulted in better detection of changes in breast tissue, including spotting early ...
Sep 14, 2022
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Additional breast cancers found with MRI are sometimes larger and potentially more aggressive than those found on mammography, according to a study published online in the journal Radiology. Researchers said that in some ...
Nov 25, 2015
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