More Mammograms May Mean More 'Harmless' Cancers
Experts stress, though, that screenings remain vital THURSDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- One of every three breast cancers detected by a screening mammogram is unlikely to ever cause a problem, a new study predicts. The report of a so-called overdiagnosis rate of 35 percent came fr...Mom Offers Personal Mother's Day Message on Importance of Annual Mammograms
Doctors recommend that women over 40 get a mammogram every year. Nicky Torres began hers earlier and, at 39, discovered she had cancer. Torres is happy to be able to tell her three little girls this Mother's Day, "Mommy's fine; I'll be here to tuck you in until the day you leave for colleg...Susan G. Komen Funds Mammograms for Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center
CHICAGO, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, 2233 W. Division St., Chicago, through the efforts of its Community Health Education Department, received a $75,000 grant from the Chicagoland Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R) to support breast care efforts for...6-month follow-up diagnostic mammograms recommended for women with probably benign lesions
Radiologists can, with confidence, recommend a six-month follow-up diagnostic mammogram rather than an immediate biopsy for patients with probably benign breast lesions, a new study emphasizes. The study found that six-month short-interval follow-up examinations had an 83% sensitivity, which is...Accuracy of diagnostic mammograms varies by radiologist
SEATTLEFor women with breast symptoms such as lumps, the ability of diagnostic mammograms to detect breast cancer accurately depends strongly on which radiologist reads them, according to a Group Health study published online on December 11 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. When a...Fewer Women Are Having Mammograms
CDC reports decline in two-thirds of the country,, TUESDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Mammography use has declined this decade in nearly two-thirds of the states, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC's data analysis showed that ...Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Getting Recommended Mammograms
Chest radiation indicates need for earlier screening, study notes,,,, TUESDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Almost half of female childhood cancer survivors under the age of 40 who had chest radiation as part of their treatment are not following the recommended advice to get screening m...Fear, misconceptions about screenings keep many African-Americans from getting mammograms
Training physicians and caregivers to improve cultural sensitivity and communication with economically disadvantaged African-American patients could influence these women to get mammograms that could save their lives, according to a new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The s...Breast CT Scans Could Be Comfortable Alternative to Mammograms
Newer technique didn't squeeze breasts, still spotted lesions, study finds FRIDAY, Aug. 1 (HealthDay News) -- For women who find traditional mammograms painful, new research suggests there may one day be a more comfortable alternative. Breast CT scans showed some advantages over tra...New Breast Imaging Technology Targets Hard-to-Detect Cancers
... gamma imaging (BSGI) is effective in the detection of cancers not found on mammograms or by clinical exam, according to a study presented today at the annual mee...g hard-to-find breast cancer. -- BSGI identifies cancers not visible on mammograms and not found by clinical examination. -- BSGI findings are based o...BSGI Posts Higher Sensitivity than Mammography or MRI for the Detection of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
...greater amount of the tracing agent than normal, healthy cells and generally appear as "hot spots" on the BSGI image. BSGI is ideal for patients with mammograms that are difficult to interpret due to a variety of factors, such as: dense breast tissue, suspicious areas on a mammogram, lumps that can be felt but...Senographe 2000D Full Field Digital Mammography
Description:... the world's leading clinicians and physicists: The Senographe 2000D offers high exam productivity, and its high DQE suggests the possibility that mammograms may be taken at a lower radiation dose, particularly in dense breasted women, and 150 Third-Party Scientific Publications demonstrate benefits in Imag...Dense tissue promotes aggressive cancers
... suggest a cellular mechanism for the correlation between human breast tissue density and tumor aggressiveness. Women with increased breast density on mammograms have an increased risk for both developing breast cancer and having breast cancers with invasive characteristics. This connection between breast dens...Direct-to-consumer advertising for genetic tests concerns physicians and may mislead patients
...hout proper counseling a patient who does not have the BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 mutations might assume she has no risk for breast cancer and forgo recommended mammograms and clinical breast examinations. In order to make an informed decision about genetic tests, patients should consult with their physicians about t...New hereditary breast cancer gene discovered
...ngs of the study show that women with this syndrome should be receive early mammograms in order to discover breast cancer at an early stage. "We have alread... use this new knowledge in our work with patients and now recommend regular mammograms for young women with this syndrome. Several early cases of breast cancer ha...GE Launches Women's Health Initiative
...n a range of medical diagnostic tests, including bone densitometry, and cardiac (EKG) screenings. Information will also be presented regarding digital mammograms on GE's Senographe(R) 2000D and other breast imaging technologies including MRI and Ultrasound. The wellness exhibit is a set of suites prepared with ...UW-M engineering dean heads for promising medical business
...hris said. The other reason is that NovaScan's research has the potential to eliminate many of the biopsies that doctors now perform on patients whose mammograms show they're likely to have a cancerous growth. "About 75 percent of the time, those biopsies come back benign," he said. "If we can have an impac...FDA approves advanced digital mammography system
...ray image quality. In the cancer screening trial, researchers found that while film and digital images are equally accurate for many women, digital mammograms had higher sensitivities for three sub-groups of women: women under 50, women with heterogeneous or very dense breast tissue, and pre- or perimenopaus...