Digital mammography plus digital breast tomosynthesis may decrease patient recall rates
Nationally, about ten percent of women in the US are recalled for a second mammogram after an abnormality is detected on the first onefor most women this can be very stressful. However the use of digital breast tomosynthesis and full-field digital mammography combined may be associated with a subs...Switch to digital mammography leads to increased cancer detection rates
The use of digital mammography equipment alone is responsible for an increased number of breast cancers detected at a community-based mammography facility, according to a study performed at San Luis Diagnostic Center in San Luis Obispo, CA. Researchers found that there was a significant increa...Reminders Boost Mammography Appointments
Prompts for breast exams improve compliance, study finds TUESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Breast cancer screenings increased more than 17 percent through the use of a reminder program for women who were due for a mammogram, a new U.S. study shows. Kaiser Permanente staff checked...Reminder program dramatically increases mammography rates, Kaiser Permanente study finds
July 14, 2009 (Portland, Ore.) A reminder program aimed at screening for breast cancer when it is most treatable boosted mammography rates by more than 17 percentage points, according to a new study by Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research in the August issue of the American Journal of ...Reminder Program Dramatically Increases Mammography Rates, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
PORTLAND, Ore., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- A reminder program aimed at screening for breast cancer when it is most treatable boosted mammography rates by more than 17 percentage points, according to a new study by Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research in the August issue of th...Breast MRI detects additional 'unsuspected' cancers not seen on mammography or ultrasound
Nearly 20% of patients with recently diagnosed breast cancer had additional malignant tumors found only by MRI, according to a study performed at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. A total of 199 patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer underwent breast MRI. "We found additional, unsuspect...New Mammography Technology Effective in Detecting Breast Cancer
CHICAGO, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A study has found that positron emission mammography (PEM), a new technique for imaging the breast, is not affected by either breast density or a woman's hormonal status, two factors that limit the effectiveness of standard mammography and ...'Stereo' Mammography Takes Breast Imaging to a New Dimension
CHICAGO, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Stereoscopic digital mammography, a new diagnostic technique capable of producing three-dimensional, in-depth views of breast tissue, could significantly reduce the number of women who are recalled for additional tests following routine screening mammography. R...BSGI Posts Higher Sensitivity than Mammography or MRI for the Detection of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Study results recently published in the Journal of Academic Radiology indicate that Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) provides higher sensitivity for the detection of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) than mammography or MRI and can reliably detect s...Digital vs. Analog Mammography
Just as consumers today have to decide between analog and digital television sets, so, too, do physicians and radiology centers have to choose between analog and digital mammography units, with the latter rapidly gaining ground in imaging centers around the country. As of late 2003, the U.S....New Breast Imaging Technology Targets Hard-to-Detect Cancers
... cancer mortality is through early detection using mammography and clinical breast exam. However, some cancers ar...ge when treatment is most effective. While mammography findings are characterized by the difference in ap... least one suspicious or cancerous lesion found by mammography or physical exam, who had undergone BSGI to determ...Siemens Introduces New Standard of Care for Breast Ultrasound
...ast tissue increases a woman's risk of breast cancer up to five-fold. While mammography remains the method of choice for breast cancer screening, a study(4) publis... rate for nonpalpable, invasive breast cancers increased by 42 percent when mammography was followed by an ultrasound examination. "I am convinced that A...Hologic Releases the Results of the Cervista(TM) HPV Clinical Trials
...are focused on breast health, diagnostics, GYN surgical, and skeletal health. Hologic provides a comprehensive suite of technologies with products for mammography and breast biopsy, radiation treatment for early-stage breast cancer, cervical cancer screening, treatment for menorrhagia, osteoporosis assessment, p...Diagenic Announces Launch of First Breast Cancer Gene-Expression Blood Test
...e actual breast, more women will be encouraged to come forward for testing," said Dr. Christensen. "In addition, we see BCtect(TM) filling a gap where mammography is not readily available." More details on the selection of India as the first market for the new product were given by Praveen Sharma, Ph.D., co-fo...Seattle's Swedish Cancer Institute First in U.S. to Treat Cancer Patient with Elekta VMAT
...on trials, and investigator-initiated trials. Breast-cancer screening and diagnostics are available through the Swedish Breast Care Centers and mobile mammography units. For more information, visit http://www.swedish.org . About the Center for Advanced Targeted Radiation Therapies The Swedish Cancer Instit...MAMMOMAT 3000 Nova Mammography System
Description: MAMMOMAT 3000 Nova supports high-volume screening as well as interventional diagnostics. Versatile procedural capabilities include magnification, stereotactic biopsy, needle localization, and specimen radiography....SenoScan TrueView Digital Mammography
Description: SenoScan TrueView Digital Mammography has been FDA approved, and represents a breakthrough in early breast cancer detection. It is the first and only mammography system to offer 25-micron native diagnostic resolution - the highest available. SenoScan's larger field of view accommodates more patient...Senographe 2000D Full Field Digital Mammography
Description: This digital technology offers the capability to acquire images in near-real time and to process them (variation of Brightness and Contrast levels, Auto-windowing, Image Manipulation, ....). Senographe 2000D leverages the tube's Rhodium spectrum which is best adapted to Digital Imaging and is eq...Hispanic women and breast cancer: An understudied group
.... #A55. Breast cancer detection and screening mammography in Mexican-American women: Findings from the ELLA ...n, while only 23 percent was found using screening mammography and six percent through a clinical examination. Am...panic women born in the United States, the rate of mammography use was 83 percent compared with 62 percent among ...New technique images tumor vessel leakiness to predict breast cancer chemotherapy outcome
...ess" of tumor blood vessels using a simple digital mammography unit. The researchers designed nanometer-sized cap...or. Studies are currently underway to determine if mammography can predict the optimal dose of a wide range of br...next three days, the researchers collected digital mammography images of the animals and compared the pre- and po...Contrast agent trials in swine
... This release is available in German . mammography continues to be the method of choice for the early detection of breast cancer. However, because this technique is not as selective or specific as one ...Last chance for media to register for ECCO 14 -- the European Cancer Conference
...Researchers discover a specific genetic mutation can double or treble a womans risk of ovarian cancer Researchers discover PET is more useful than mammography or ultrasound in detecting a tumours response to chemotherapy and the patients likelihood of survival Can acupuncture reduce radiotherapy-induced ...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
...nique using ultrasound to search for lesions in breast tissue. Generally the rival approaches to breast imaging have their weaknesses and strengths. mammography (using x rays) has trouble detecting lesions in dense breasts often seen in young women. Conventional ultrasound can spot lesions but cannot measure ...Fatty fish protects against cancer
...ne good way to go about it. At the end of the 1980s, 90,000 Swedish women were sent a questionnaire on their dietary habits in connection with their mammography scan. Now, with the help of another questionnaire a decade later and the cancer registry, scientists at Karolinska Institutet have concluded that wome...Elasticity imaging identifies cancers and reduces breast biopsies
... is the best way to combat cancer at its early, most treatable stage. While mammography is the standard breast cancer screening exam, screening with magnetic reson...ith dense breast tissue. MRI and ultrasound depict more breast lesions than mammography but have low specificity, meaning they are less effective at distinguishing...Tamoxifen for breast cancer prevention does not benefit most women
...f life saved for patients ages 65 and older; colonoscopy every 10 years costs about $11,000 per year of life saved for people 50 and older; and annual mammography costs about $58,000 per year of life saved for women ages 40 to 80. To arrive at their findings, Melnikow and her colleagues used a complex mathem...New Breast Cancer Test Could Save Lives
...reliable. This latest technology has the ability to image through dense breast tissue, and therefore can reach a far wider section of women than X-ray mammography can. Women below 50 in particular will benefit from this new test, which is much more reliable than X-rays at detecting cancer in this age group. Th...Imaging Diagnostic Systems CT Laser Mammography (CTLM) Technology Featured in Peer-Reviewed Journal
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IMDS), a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging, announced today that a new study evaluating the CTLM system as an adjunct to mammography is featured in the December 2008 issue of Academ...Imaging Diagnostic Systems Sells Its CT Laser Mammography System to Budapest, Hungary
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IMDS) a pioneer in laser optical breast cancer imaging systems, announced today that its distributor, Laszlo Meszaros of Kardia Hungary Kft., has purchased the first CT Laser Mammogr...Imaging Diagnostic Systems Receives its First Order for its CT Laser Mammography System for Israel
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IMDS) a pioneer in laser optical breast cancer imaging systems, announced today that its distributor The Oyamo group has place an order for the first CT Laser Mammography System (CTLM...CT Laser Mammography Technology to be Featured at European Congress of Radiology
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IMDS) a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging systems, will exhibit CT Laser Mammography (CTLM(R)) technology at the annual European Congress of Radiology (ECR 2008), March 7- 11, ...CT Laser Mammography Technology to be Featured at Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Conference
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IMDS) a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging systems, will exhibit CT Laser Mammography (CTLM(R)) technology at the 18th Annual National Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Conference...Siemens Unveils New Digital Mammography System for Optimized Screening
New MAMMOMAT(R) Novation S Introduces Innovations to Accelerate Workflow CHICAGO, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Medical Solutions (http://www.usa.siemens.com/medical ) introduces the MAMMOMAT(R) Novation S, a new digital mammography system designed to optimize clinical workflow fo...Merge releases new digital mammography software
MILWAUKEE Merge eMed , a Merge Healthcare company and a medical imaging software and services company, today announced the release of Cedara I-ReadMammo digital mammography workstation software. This multi modality, vendor-neutral mammography workstation software product is designed to help org...Kodak to distribute Cedara mammography medical imaging software
Toronto - Medical imaging software developer Cedara Software and the Eastman Kodak Co. announced an agreement for Kodak to offer Cedara B-CAD to its customers as part of an integrated solution with their KODAK CARESTREAM Mammography Workstation. Cedara B-CAD is a Computer Aided Detection s...