A 5-Minute Quiz Revealed Olivia Munn ’ s Breast Cancer Risk. You Can Take It Too
Olivia Munn recently revealed in an Instagram post that a free, easy tool saved her life. Her ob-gyn used a questionnaire designed to calculate a person’s risk of breast cancer, which revealed Munn had an increased chance of developing the disease. That led to further tests and an early diagnosis of Luminal B cancer in both breasts and quick treatment.
The Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, which her doctor used, isn’t new. It doesn’t involve any high-tech gadgets, doesn’t require a doctor, and doesn’t even cost anything. Experts say more women should know about it and complete it after th...
Source: TIME: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Time Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
In Memoriam: Drs Worta McCaskill-Stevens and Edith Mitchell In Memoriam: Drs Worta McCaskill-Stevens and Edith Mitchell
Dr Kathy Miller remembers two influential women in the breast cancer field, Dr Worta McCaskill-Stevens and Dr Edith Mitchell.Medscape Oncology (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology Commentary Source Type: news
Rwanda: Empowering Women Leaders - Integrating Health and Wellness for Lasting Success
[New Times] In the aftermath of International Women's Day, where the spotlight on gender parity and empowerment still lingers, it is imperative to channel this energy towards a cause that affects women profoundly--breast cancer. However, our call to action extends beyond individual health; it beckons businesses and institutions to prioritize health and wellness as a linchpin for enduring success. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 14, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Rwanda Women and Gender Source Type: news
QT Imaging to deliver Breast Acoustic CT scanner to research centers
QT Imaging Holdings is delivering its Breast Acoustic CT scanner in collaboration with research centers in the U.S. and Canada.
The company is collaborating with the Department of Radiation Oncology and Radiation Treatment Program at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. This collaboration is part of a five-year research grant from National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute to develop an inexpensive, portable, safe, and repeatable imaging approach that can accurately identify early response of breast cancer patients to neoadjuvant ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Combining Drugs and Radiation in Breast Cancer: What's Safe? Combining Drugs and Radiation in Breast Cancer: What's Safe?
There are surprisingly little data on how to safely combine new targeted treatments for breast cancer alongside radiotherapy. Experts weigh in on what we know.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
Actress Olivia Munn Is Battling Breast Cancer
THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 -- Actress and " X-Men " star Olivia Munn announced Wednesday that she has been fighting breast cancer.
Posting on her Instagram account, beside a photo of herself in a hospital bed, Munn wrote, “I was diagnosed... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 14, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
B.C. patients worry as breast cancer screening wait times climb
The B.C. Radiological Society and doctors who refer patients across B.C. say delays in booking and processing breast imaging are worsening, leaving patients navigating a complex system that is increasingly understaffed and underfunded. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Rheumatologist Found Dead; How COVID Changed Lives; Olivia Munn's Breast Cancer
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A Connecticut rheumatologist was found dead after his arrest in a child sex abuse investigation. (WTNH)
Multiple class action lawsuits may join forces accusing... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - March 14, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Imaging surveillance suggested for radial scars found on DBT
Imaging surveillance may be the way to go for monitoring radial scars without atypia found on screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), research published March 13 in the American Journal of Roentgenology found.
In a study, Claire Crowley and Manisha Bahl, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, found that screening-detected radial scars without atypia at core-needle biopsy have a low upstaging rate to breast cancer of less than 2%.
“Our results, which show that surgical excision is not necessary for all patients with radial scars, could lead to a reduction in unnecessary surgery and could save patients ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Womens Imaging Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Use CAD to assess breast tissue volume on MRI
Using computer-assisted detection (CAD) software to assess enhancing breast tissue as a percentage of the entire breast volume on contrast MR imaging shows promise for improving breast cancer diagnosis, researchers have found.
The study results could help streamline workflow in busy radiology departments and perhaps even make breast MRI more accessible, wrote a team led by Barbara I. Bennani-Baiti, MD, of the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. The findings were published March 12 in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
"[A tool that] would greatly alleviate the workload and free the reporting radiologists to ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News Subspecialties MRI Womens Imaging Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Olivia Munn was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 months after a normal mammogram. This is the tool she says ‘saved my life’
Olivia Munn had a double mastectomy last year after being diagnosed with an “aggressive, fast-moving” form of breast cancer, she announced on Instagram Wednesday. She called herself “lucky” after a near-miss diagnosis. Women who have mutations in their BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 genes are at increased…#oliviamunn #thaïsaliabadi #gailmodel #her2 #mayoclinic #nci #noneyour #nonehowmany #brca2 #alaskannative (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How it took Olivia Munn THREE TIMES to get correct cancer diagnosis - after mammogram and genetic tests came back negative... and the doctor who finally got it right
Actress Olivia Munn, 43, revealed this week that she was diagnosed with luminal B breast cancer, despite having a negative mammogram, which is considered the gold standard test. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Olivia Munn has luminal B breast cancer, resulting in 4 surgeries in 10 months
Olivia Munn revealed Wednesday that she was diagnosed last year with luminal B breast cancer and had a double mastectomy. She considers herself 'lucky.' (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nardine Saad Source Type: news
Olivia Munn Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis After Double Mastectomy
Munn said she was given the diagnosis last April, two months after negative results on a test that checked for 90 cancer genes. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maya Salam Tags: Breast Cancer Mastectomy Munn, Olivia Actors and Actresses Mulaney, John Tests (Medical) Genetics and Heredity Source Type: news
Olivia Munn reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy
Olivia Munn has revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy, thanking her doctors and urging fans to calculate their own risk assessment (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
