Search Tag: Screening
Breast-cancer-screening-in-the-uk-no-effect-on-mortality-statistics
2013 13 Jun
New analysis of breast cancer mortality data over almost 40 years concludes that breast cancer screening does not yet show an effect on mortality statistics. The research, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, analysed mortality trends before and after the introduction of the UK's National Health Service Breast Screening Programme...Read more
Sectra-solution-for-new-zealand-s-breast-screening-programme
2013 11 Jun
Sectra has announced that it will deliver a centralised PACS and vendor neutral archiving solution (VNA) for digital mammography throughout New Zealand. The national breast screening programme in New Zealand, BreastScreen Aotearoa, is establishing a centralised electronic picture archiving and communications system (PACS) that can store and...Read more
Screening-for-lung-cancer
2013 27 May
A recently published article in the New England Journal of Medicine describe the screening, diagnosis, and limited treatment results from the initial round of screening in the National Lung Cancer Screening Programme in the United States. Participants with at least 30 pack-years of smoking and asymptomatic were randomly assigned to undergo annual...Read more
New-usa-lung-cancer-screening-guidelines
2013 13 May
New guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) recommend offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scanning for lung cancer screening to people with a significant risk of lung cancer due to age and smoking history. The guidelines recommend offering LDCT scanning to individuals at high risk of developing lung cancer, as part...Read more
New-study-further-supports-hologic-s-breast-tomosynthesis-in-cancer-screening
2013 22 Apr
Hologic has announced that a new study published online by European Radiology supports the use of breast tomosynthesis in combination with 2-dimensional (2D) imaging in breast cancer screening programmes using independent double reading with arbitration. The study, " Prospective Trial Comparing Full-field Digital Mammography (FFDM) versus Combined...Read more
Breast-cancer-screening-time-for-a-new-paradigm
2013 18 Apr
Mammography, the gold standard of breast cancer screening, reduces breast cancer mortality, but has important limitations. Critics point to reduced sensitivity for women with dense breasts, a high rate of false positives leading to excessive biopsies, and concerns about long-term effects of repeated radiation. The authors of a review published...Read more
Test-set-mammography-data-can-reasonably-describe-actual-clinical-reporting
2013 03 Apr
A recently published study in Radiology study sought to establish the extent to which test set reading can represent actual clinical reporting in screening mammography. Researchers in Sydney, Australia used two hundred mammographic examinations to create 10 reader-specific test sets. Data generated from actual clinical reports were compared with...Read more
Frequency-of-screening-mammography-study
2013 19 Mar
A study that compared the benefits and harms of the frequency of screening mammography to age, breast density and postmenopausal use of hormone therapy (HT) suggests that woman ages 50 to 74 years who undergo biennial screenings have a similar risk of advanced-stage disease and a lower cumulative risk of false-positive results than those who get mammograms...Read more
Screening-could-prevent-12-000-lung-cancer-deaths-a-year-in-the-u-s
2013 05 Mar
Screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in current and former smokers eligible for screening could avert approximately 12,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the United States, concludes a new analysis published online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. By providing a national estimate of...Read more