Search Tag: breast cancer screening

IMAGING Management

Breast-cancer-screening-recommendations-insights-from-the-cisnet-model

2024 21 Feb

  Breast cancer remains a significant health concern, standing as the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in the United States. Despite advancements in detection and treatment, the impact of breast cancer continues to be substantial, with projections indicating over 353,500 new cases and approximately 43,700 deaths expected...Read more

Women's Health

Breast-cancer-screening-recommendations-insights-from-the-cisnet-model

2024 21 Feb

  Breast cancer remains a significant health concern, standing as the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in the United States. Despite advancements in detection and treatment, the impact of breast cancer continues to be substantial, with projections indicating over 353,500 new cases and approximately 43,700 deaths expected...Read more

Women's Health

Targeted-outreach-efforts-needed-to-tackle-decline-in-screening-mammogram-rates

2023 23 Jun

According to new data out of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the overall volume of screening mammograms has not returned to pre-pandemic levels, even after more than two years since the COVID-19 shutdown.   The team analysed screening mammogram volumes before and after a state-mandated COVID-19 shutdown. They observed screening trends in 2020 during...Read more

IMAGING Management

U-s-task-force-issues-new-draft-recommendations

2023 29 May

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently reviewed the evidence and  effectiveness of breast cancer screening. They recommend that all women begin screening for breast cancer at age 40 and screen every other year until age 74.   In 2016 the task force recommended that biennial mammograms start at age 50 and the decision for women...Read more

IMAGING Management

Experts-discuss-whether-supplemental-breast-cancer-screening-applies-to-all-women

2022 18 Nov

As 3D mammography has become more widely available, figures show that an increasing number of women are opting for this screening test over the standard 2D mammography. Reports have indicated that this screening test leads to reduced number of false positive results, and has been found to identify more cancers in women with dense breasts.  ...Read more

IMAGING Management

Benefits-of-risk-based-breast-cancer-screening-is-yet-to-be-determined

2022 06 Nov

The Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK) and the Medical Association are considering changing the present breast cancer screening program to a risk-based breast cancer screening.   The goal of running an age-based screening programme is to diagnose cancer as early as possible in order to reduce the chances of missing a diagnosis. It helps to reduce...Read more

Women's Health

Low-breast-cancer-risk-does-not-justify-infrequent-screening

2022 08 Feb

A new study from Australia found that 41% of screen-detected breast cancers occurred in women with no recorded risk factors.   Globally and in Australia, there’s been interest in risk-stratified breast screening to improve benefits while reducing screening-associated harms.Increasing screening frequency or more sensitive imaging would be used for...Read more

IMAGING Management

Fda-approves-delphinus-3d-whole-breast-ultrasound-system

2021 16 Oct

The U.S. FDA recently granted PMA approval to Delphinus Medical Technologies’ SoftVue™ 3D Whole Breast Ultrasound Tomography System. This system is intended to supplement digital mammography for cancer screening women with dense breasts. About 40% of U.S. women have dense breast tissue, a risk factor for breast cancer. This risk is three-to-six times...Read more

IT Management

Automated-triaging-of-mris-rules-out-cancer-in-dense-breasts

2021 08 Oct

Mammography provides early detection when breast cancer treatments are more successful. Unfortunately, mammography is less sensitive in women with dense than with fatty breast tissue. This is unfortunate because the breast cancer risk is three- to six times higher in dense rather than fatty breast tissue and two times higher than that of the average...Read more

Women's Health

Microwave-breast-imaging-offers-a-safe-and-effective-screening-option

2021 21 Sep

Microwave breast imaging (MBI) is an emerging non-invasive technology for breast tumour detection that offers safer and more comfortable breast cancer screening. Its primary advantage over conventional screening methods (e.g., mammography) is that it neither requires ionising radiation nor breast compression. Furthermore, conventional mammography’s...Read more

Health Management

Volume-21-issue-1-2021

2021 15 Feb

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IMAGING Management

Break-through-your-workflow-barriers-with-3dquorumtm-our-highest-resolution-3dtm-imaging-faster

2020 30 Oct

At Hologic , we understand the importance of reducing imaging interpretation time, especially during a time when you might be facing with a backlog in breast cancer screening appointments. We are therefore very pleased to introduce 3DQuorum breast imaging technology. Designed to expedite Hologic Clarity™ HD high-resolution 3D...Read more

Women's Health

Mammography-screening-recommended-in-older-women

2020 26 Oct

When it comes to breast cancer screening in women, there is consensus that screening is beneficial in women between the ages of 50 to 69 years. However, to date, evidence of the benefits of mammography screening in women over the age of 69 is still quite scarce.   A study was conducted in Sweden to compare breast cancer mortality within the period...Read more

IMAGING Management

October-2020-breast-cancer-awareness-month

2020 30 Sep

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is an annual campaign to increase awareness of breast cancer. The goal is to show every woman that her life is important and to ensure that every woman has access to education, screening, treatment, support and hope. According to the American Cancer Society , there are more than 270,000 new cases...Read more

IMAGING Management

Machine-learning-improves-breast-cancer-screening-and-diagnosis

2019 18 Dec

Researchers in New Zealand are combining machine learning (ML) and standard imaging to improve both diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.   You might also like: RSNA 2019: Biennial Mammography Screening Yields More Advanced-Stage Cancers   The Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Science and technology, Health and medicine Researchers...Read more

IMAGING Management

Screening-mammography-for-men-at-risk

2019 24 Sep

A recent study in Radiology showed that selective mammography can help identify breast cancer for men with a high-risk. The rarity of breast cancer in men has led to little research on the outcomes in this cohort despite the high rates of mortality. Out of the 2670 cases of invasive breast cancer estimated to be diagnosed in 2019, the American Cancer...Read more

IMAGING Management

Affidea-partners-with-screenpoint-medical-to-increase-diagnostic-accuracy-of-screening-mammography

2019 11 Jul

Affidea and ScreenPoint Medical announced a strategic partnership to streamline and improve the clinical performance of screening mammography and drive the earlier detection of breast cancer. The partnership will leverage Affidea’s growing footprint in the European breast imaging marketplace and will provide a unique opportunity for ScreenPoint...Read more

IMAGING Management

Mammography-damage-control-a-decade-of-fake-news

2019 10 Apr

“Mammography does more harm than good” sums up countless headlines seen in many medical journals, books, and other published articles (print and online). A flood of damaging reports amplified perceived risk of “over-diagnosis” and over-treatment. Study after flawed study — like a house of cards — touted mammography’s alleged harms and costs.  This...Read more

IMAGING Management

Study-compares-dbt-with-dm-for-breast-cancer-screening

2019 13 Mar

Breast cancer screening remains controversial, despite strong evidence of its benefits, including a recent study showing a 47% reduction in risk of death among Swedish women who participated in screening compared with those who did not. In addition, U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) data demonstrate that breast cancer mortality has fallen 43% since...Read more

Executive Health Management

Why-embracing-artificial-intelligence-is-beneficial-for-all

2019 22 Feb

In many ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) may seem like a new concept in healthcare, mainly due in part to the recent traction the topic has made in the news in the last few years. It has even been falsely sensationalized, to further elevate buzz, as a tool that will one day replace clinicians altogether. The truth, though, is that companies like Hologic,...Read more

IMAGING Management

Rsna18-overweight-women-need-frequent-mammograms

2018 27 Nov

In a study presented during the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, researchers found that overweight women are at increased risk of missing to discover a breast tumor until it has grown too large. The results show that women with a higher measure of body fat based on height and weight (BMI) might need to...Read more

IMAGING Management

Rsna18-mammography-screening-women-over-75-yes

2018 20 Nov

Women aged 75 and older should continue to perform mammography screening as a high occurrence of breast cancer was found among this older age group in a new study that will be presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). There has been controversy in recent years on what the cut-off age should be...Read more

Executive Health Management

Dense-breast-reporting-laws-in-the-usa

2018 07 Nov

What has been the impact? A new study reports on the impact of breast density legislation in the USA on awareness of breast density and conversations between doctors and women about screening. Almost 10 years after the first breast density notification law was passed in Connecticut in 2009, 36 states in the USA now have such legislation....Read more

IMAGING Management

Helping-minority-women-hurdle-barriers-to-breast-cancer-screening

2018 26 Sep

Black women are more likely to be diagnosed at later stages of breast cancer partly due to barriers to timely screening mammography, resulting in poorer mortality and survival outcomes. The use of patient navigators – individuals who provide guidance to patients to help overcome various barriers to care – may reduce breast cancer disparities. ...Read more

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Study-start-breast-cancer-screening-at-40

2018 29 May

Based on stage at diagnosis of breast cancer, the greatest mortality reduction is achieved with mammography utilisation starting at the age of 40. This is the main finding of a study that compared estimated 5-year mortalities of patients diagnosed with breast cancer based on stage at diagnosis and national screening mammography guideline categorisation....Read more

IMAGING Management

Mammography-increased-cancer-detection-in-women-ages-40-49

2018 20 Mar

A new study examining the effectiveness of screening mammography reveals these findings: the rate of breast cancer detection is higher (up 19.3 percent) in women ages 40–49 compared to the screening population ages 50 and above. The additional cancers detected translate to an overall 1.5% increase in callbacks and 0.1% in increased biopsies. The new...Read more

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New-ai-algorithm-for-breast-cancer-screening

2018 22 Feb

Researchers in South Korea have developed a deep-learning algorithm to help with the detection of breast cancer. They used pure data-driven features from raw mammograms without any lesion annotations to develop the algorithm. Results of their study, published in Scientific Reports, show the potential of the new deep-learning model for predicting breast...Read more

Health Management

Volume-18-issue-2-2018

2018 20 Feb

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