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BEDFORD, Mass., April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, announced today that Robert A. Cascella, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hologic, the women's health company, was honored last week by the American Cancer Society at the 7(th) annual Key Gala...

Late-stage disease incidence not reduced by screening New Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) research suggests that routine mammography screening—long viewed as an essential tool in detecting early breast cancers—may in fact lead to a significant amount of overdiagnosis of disease that would otherwise have proved harmless. Based on a study of women in Norway, the researchers estimate that between 15% and 25% of breast cancer cases are overdiagnosed. The study appears in the...

A new study led by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine indicates that CT scans are more effective than traditional lung cancer detection methods at identifying aggressive lung cancers in their most treatable stages. The data, published online March 27 in the journal Radiology, demonstrate that lung cancers found through annual CT screening are similar to those found in routine practice, both in terms of tumor growth rates and cell-type distribution. In fact, the report showed that...

BEDFORD, Mass., April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company) (Nasdaq: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced plans to release its second quarter fiscal 2012 operating results on Monday, April 30, 2012 after market close. In conjunction with the release, management will host a conference call on Monday,...

A new study led by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine indicates that CT scans are more effective than traditional lung cancer detection methods at identifying aggressive lung cancers in their most treatable stages. The data, published online March 27 in the journal Radiology, demonstrate that lung cancers found through annual CT screening are similar to those found in routine practice, both in terms of tumor growth rates and cell-type distribution. In fact, the report showed...

STAMFORD, Conn., March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. today unveiled the Aspire CRm Full Field Digital Mammography (FFDM) system, the latest addition to the company's expanding women's health offering. The Aspire CRm is an ideal option for smaller, stand alone breast imaging centers who want to easily transition from analog to digital imaging. "With the Aspire CRm, Fujifilm women's health offering continues to expand to provide options to...

SHELTON, Connecticut, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International medical technology company, Sectra [http://www.sectra.com/medical ] (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: SECT B), announces an agreement to distribute PenRad(TM) mammography information system (MIS) fully integrated with Sectra Breast Imaging PACS. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20111128/496720 ) "We developed a strategic distribution agreement and bi-directional integration with PenRad...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dilon Diagnostics -- According to the results from a new multi-center patient registry, presented at the National Consortium of Breast Centers Annual Meeting on March 11th, 2012, Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) also known as Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) improves breast cancer detection when added to mammography and ultrasound in the breast clinic. In this study, BSGI/MBI detected cancers in nearly 13% of patients with negative...

IRVING, Texas, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ACE Cash Express announces a $534,088.06 donation to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, made in partnership with NetSpend. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120326/DA75939) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120208/DA49391LOGO) ACE Cash Express has been a partner of the National Breast Cancer Foundation since 2006 and has raised more than $2 million for the organization. Last October, ACE encouraged customers to...

Matakina International Limited announced that it has been granted a medical device license by the Medical Devices Bureau of Health Canada to sell and market the Volpara breast imaging software in Canada. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (PRWEB) March 21, 2012 Matakina International Limited of Wellington, New Zealand, today announced that it has been granted a medical device license by the Medical Devices Bureau of Health Canada to sell and market the Volpara breast imaging software in Canada....