Female survivors of childhood cancers who have been treated with thoracic radiation, such as survivors of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL), have a higher risk of developing breast cancer later in life compared to the general population.
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Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in women. According to the World Health Organization, some 627 000 women died from it in 2018, accounting for about 15 percent of all cancer deaths among women. Early detection ...
Jun 18, 2019
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The addition of breast MRI to mammography in screening breast cancer survivors for new cancers results in higher cancer detection rates, but also more biopsies that are benign, according to a large study published in the ...
Jun 4, 2019
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When appropriate, short-interval follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to identify early stage breast cancer and avoid unnecessary biopsies, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2019 Annual Meeting, ...
May 7, 2019
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During neoadjuvant chemotherapy, new suspicious findings detected on breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during neoadjuvant therapy are most likely benign, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2019 Annual ...
May 7, 2019
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Loyola Medicine and Palos Health are offering a new breast cancer radiation therapy that shortens the treatment time by three weeks, while reducing side effects.
Apr 15, 2019
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No woman's breast tissue is the same, so MRIs detecting and monitoring cancer shouldn't treat them all the same.
Sep 19, 2018
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Follow-up imaging for women with non-metastatic breast cancer varies widely across the country, according to a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco. Some patients go without the annual mammograms that experts ...
Jul 13, 2018
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Women at high lifetime breast cancer risk might benefit from breast MRI screening in addition to routine mammography, but a new study shows that breast MRI is greatly underutilized even though access is widely available. ...
Mar 19, 2018
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An MRI breast imaging technique that requires no contrast agent, combined with sophisticated data analysis, could reduce the number of unnecessary breast biopsies, according to a new study appearing online in the journal ...
Feb 20, 2018
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