Adjunctive breast ultrasound useful for women at average cancer risk
Supplemental ultrasound should be considered as part of the screening protoco...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Prediction models can reduce false positives in breast MRI screening
Breast imaging patients see out-of-pocket costs increase
Subspecialty focus beneficial for global radiology education
AI or DBT can improve surveillance after breast-conserving therapy
Breast imagers should acquaint themselves with trans community (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 20, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Could public data speed development of AI for DBT?
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) remains one of the trickiest challenges fo...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
AI or DBT can improve surveillance after breast-conserving therapy
Junior readers benefit from using two-view DBT for breast lesions
AI plus DBT equals success
Kopans: TMIST trial design is biased against DBT
Does digital mammography fall short for surveillance imaging? (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 16, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
AI or DBT can improve surveillance after breast-conserving therapy
Mammographic surveillance after breast-conserving therapy can be improved b...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Racial disparities in mammography rose in Calif. during pandemic
Using AI with CT helps predict breast cancer metastasis
Black women less likely to receive breast surgery follow-up
Contrast mammography plus ultrasound on par with MRI for preop staging
Breast MRI finds more recurrent cancer (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 13, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Almost Every Doctor Recommends Sunscreen. So Why Don ’t We Know More About Its Safety?
Each year, as Memorial Day approaches, Holly Thaggard braces herself for the headlines. About how sunscreen may be damaging coral reefs. About the possible flammability of spray-on sunscreen. Headlines—as there were this year—about how sunscreen contains chemicals that could harm your health.
“This has happened every single year for the last decade of my life,” says Thaggard, founder of Texas-based Supergoop, a sunscreen company that brands itself as reef-safe and free of hundreds of potentially problematic ingredients.
This year, the is-sunscreen-dangerous news cycle started in May, when Valisure, ...
Source: TIME: Health - August 2, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Public Health Source Type: news
Why Do We Treat Early Breast Cancer Like It ’s the Dark Ages? Why Do We Treat Early Breast Cancer Like It ’s the Dark Ages?
Reconstruction vs Conservation is the age-old question when it comes to breast care.Medscape Blogs (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology Blog Source Type: news
Better Survival After Lumpectomy Plus RT vs Mastectomy Better Survival After Lumpectomy Plus RT vs Mastectomy
Breast conservation surgery plus radiotherapy (RT) leads to better outcomes than mastectomy with or without RT for patients with early-stage disease.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - May 10, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Study: Breast-conserving surgery offers better survival than mastectomy for cancer
Women who undergo breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy for breast cancer are more likely to survive the disease than those who receive a full mastectomy, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Surgery found. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - May 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can 3D-printed shields protect patients during radiation therapy?
3D-printed radioprotective shields produced from CT images can be used to protec...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Virtual surgical planning, 3D printing enhance maxillectomies
3D-printed surgical guides enhance breast conservation therapy
3D printing may help to uncover secrets of AAOCA
Ultralow-dose CT doesn't hurt value of 3D models
3D printing, AR can enhance thoracoscopic surgery (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 29, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Surgical technique may reduce positive margin rate in breast cancer patients with DCIS
(Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) According to the American Cancer Society, a noninvasive breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) accounts for approximately one of every four new breast cancer cases in the United States. If left untreated, DCIS has the potential to evolve into invasive cancer, so many patients choose to have breast-conserving surgery or mastectomy after a diagnosis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - April 5, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
3D-printed surgical guides enhance breast conservation therapy
3D-printed surgical guides can be useful in breast conservation surgery performe...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
3D printing may help to uncover secrets of AAOCA
Ultralow-dose CT doesn't hurt value of 3D models
3D printing, AR can enhance thoracoscopic surgery
Stratasys upgrades its digital anatomy 3D printer
3D printing makes giant strides in liver (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 12, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
SABCS: Some Older Women With Breast Cancer May Opt to Skip RT
MONDAY, Dec. 14, 2020 -- The omission of radiotherapy (RT) does not affect overall survival at 10 years after breast conserving surgery (BCS) for older women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, according to a study presented at the annual... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 14, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Skipping rad therapy may not hinder breast cancer survival
Forgoing radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery may not negatively...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Radiation therapy access grows, but not in rural areas
Breast MRI works as presurgical tool
CEDM excels as presurgical diagnosis tool in large study (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 9, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Omitting radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery may not impact 10-year survival rates for older patients with HR-positive breast cancer
(American Association for Cancer Research) Older patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer who did not receive radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery had higher rates of local recurrence but similar 10-year survival rates when compared to patients who received postoperative radiation therapy, according to updated 10-year data from the PRIME II study, presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - December 9, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Addition of Radiotherapy for DCIS Cuts Risk for Subsequent Cancer
Risk higher in first five years of follow - up for those treated with breast - conserving surgery alone (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - October 16, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gynecology, Oncology, Surgery, Conference News, Source Type: news
Addition of Radiotherapy for DCIS Cuts Risk for Subsequent Cancer
FRIDAY, Oct. 16, 2020 -- For women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the risk for developing subsequent ipsilateral in situ (iDCIS) and invasive breast cancer (iBC) is lower for those receiving breast-conserving surgery (BCS) and radiotherapy... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 16, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
