Latest Mammography Stories

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers are looking into the widespread implementation of computed-tomography (CT) scanning for the early detection of lung cancer in a public heath setting, asking two key questions: Without screening, why and how do patients with lung cancer get diagnosed with the disease in the first place? And what proportion of these cases would be captured by screening efforts? Dr. David Gerber, an oncologist and assistant professor of internal medicine, has used...

How effective is the German mammography screening program? This is the question examined by Oliver Heidinger of the Epidemiological Cancer Registry North Rhine–Westphalia and his co-authors in the first study on this subject in Germany, in Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. To answer it, the authors have used the interval cancer rate as an indicator. Interval cancers are tumors found more or less by chance between two screenings. In approximately 880 000 women from North...

PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In October, we see and hear a lot of breast cancer messages. And that's a good thing, because with the help of breast cancer awareness initiatives, most women over 40 understand the importance of having an annual mammogram. But here's something many people still may not know: for some women, an annual screening mammogram may not be enough. The SmartMamm program launched recently by Princeton Radiology Associates (PRA), an accredited...

JOHANNESBURG, November 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "It may be difficult for people in the United States or Europe to believe this but in South Africa, there are millions of people who have never heard of breast cancer," states Noelene Kotschan, founder and CEO of PinkDrive. Kotschan has travelled internationally as a speaker on breast cancer education and awareness strategies and how these can flourish as a support to state-funded health programmes in low-resource...

TORONTO, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Responding to a report issued by CBC news November 27, 2012, representatives from Thermography Clinic Inc. want Canadians to be accurately informed about breast thermography, its benefits and limitations. Thermography, as a whole, should not be discredited simply because of the misinformation and low integrity of one company. Thermography Clinic Inc. and its affiliates have been consistently cautious and strict not to sell fear, and to stay...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Meeting, held annually in Chicago, Illinois, is one of the largest and most prestigious medical imaging conferences in the world. Top researchers often choose this venue to announce significant results from their clinical work. One of the most exciting areas of modern medicine being discussed at this year's meeting is molecular imaging. This week, many attendees expressed interest towards...

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomona Valley (Calif.) Hospital Medical Center (PVHMC) has selected Dell and Siemens Healthcare to provide diagnostic image archiving and sharing services to address long-term data storage needs. The move provides the hospital with a scalable and cost-effective storage and archival strategy for its new 3D breast imaging services. PVHMC will be using the archiving solution not just for 3D breast images but also for all other images,...

Johns Hopkins researchers call for early and frequent screening of women with neurofibromatosis-1 New Johns Hopkins research showing a more than four-fold increase in the incidence of breast cancer in women with neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) adds to growing evidence that women with this rare genetic disorder may benefit from early breast cancer screening with mammograms beginning at age 40, and manual breast exams as early as adolescence. In a small study of 126 women with NF1 at the Johns...

Researchers assessing the impact of revised guidelines for screening mammography issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) found evidence that the new recommendations may lead to missed cancers and a decline in screening, according to two studies presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Routine screening mammography has traditionally been recommended by both the USPSTF and the American Cancer Society for all women over the...

A survey of women undergoing routine screening mammography found that many of them would be interested in pursuing additional screening tests if notified they had dense breast tissue, despite the possibility of false positives, invasive procedures, and out-of-pocket costs, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). "Our study highlights the need for patient education regarding breast density," said Jafi Lipson, M.D.,...