Oncology & Cancer
Expert explains the latest guidelines for mammograms
The USPSTF has issued another set of recommendations for breast cancer screening. What are they?
Jan 20, 2016
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News tagged with mammography
Oncology & Cancer
New breast cancer screening guidelines released
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 ...
Nov 21, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Routine mammograms may result in significant overdiagnosis of invasive breast cancer
New Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) research suggests that routine mammography screening—long viewed as an essential tool in detecting early breast cancers—may in fact lead to a significant amount of overdiagnosis ...
Apr 2, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Contrast-enhanced mammography vs. MRI: Neoadjuvant therapy response in breast cancer
According to the ARRS American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) may be a useful alternative test for neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) response assessment in patients with breast cancer who are ...
Jun 22, 2022
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Radiology & Imaging
Digital mammography increases breast cancer detection
The shift from film to digital mammography increased the detection of breast cancer by 14 percent overall in the United Kingdom without increasing the recall rate, according to a major new study appearing in the journal Radiology.
Dec 11, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
False-positive mammography results are common
(HealthDay)—For women undergoing digital mammography screening, false-positive results are common, especially among younger women and those with risk factors, according to research published online Jan. 12 in the Annals ...
Jan 12, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Women in Appalachia have higher rates of late stage breast cancer
Older women living in the poorest areas of Appalachia in the U.S. fail to get regular breast cancer screening and have a higher incidence of later stage breast cancer, reports a new study in Health Services Research.
Sep 26, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Researcher calls for mammograms to be tailored to patient
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 ...
Sep 30, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers create new diagnostic tool for detecting breast cancer
Simon Fraser University researchers have created a patent-pending, optical diagnostic probe capable of safely and non-invasively detecting early stage breast cancer.
Apr 6, 2017
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Radiology & Imaging
First randomized trial finds AI-supported mammography screening is safe and almost halves radiologist workload
An interim safety analysis of the first randomized controlled trial of its kind involving over 80,000 Swedish women published in The Lancet Oncology journal, finds artificial intelligence (AI)-supported mammography analysis ...
Aug 1, 2023
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