DBT shows how advanced cancers develop from longer intervals
Advanced cancers on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) occur with longer intervals from prior screening, a study presented November 30 at the RSNA 2023 annual meeting found.In her talk, Liane Philpotts, MD, from Yale University presented her team’s findings showing through DBT screening that until about 21 months, the rate of advanced cancers was stable. After that time point, it increased by nearly 10%.“With DBT screening, an interval of less than two years may help reduce the rate of advanced cancers,” Philpotts said. While breast cancer screening aims to detect nonlethal cancers early, many women do not adhere to ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 4, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Are patients getting recommended imaging follow-up?
Patients who need imaging follow-up but don't get it -- due to health-related social needs obstacles -- require support, according to research presented November 29 at the RSNA meeting.
A team from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) explored the prevalence of financial hardship and other health-related social needs among radiology patients using no-shows and canceled radiology appointment data as the foundation of their study, “Patients who either cancel or do not show up to their radiology appointments have been shown to have poorer health outcomes,” said presenter Andrew Cuyegkeng. “The purpose of our study...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 4, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
New CT, MR scanners and AI top GE HealthCare highlights at RSNA 2023
CHICAGO -- GE HealthCare (GEHC) brought new CT and MRI scanners and a range of AI software applications to McCormick Place for RSNA 2023. CT In CT, GEHC shined the spotlight on its Revolution Ascend scanner, which was first introduced at ECR in March. With onsite detector upgrades, Ascend can be upgraded from a 20-mm coverage system for routine scanning to a 40-mm coverage system that delivers better low-contrast detectability, according to the vendor. The scanner also comes with True Enhance DL, an AI-based application that generates deep learning-based monochromatic-like images from a single-energy x-ray acquisition....
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 1, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Erik L. Ridley Tags: RSNA 2023 Source Type: news
CEM confirms effectiveness of cryoablation
CHICAGO -- Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) confirms the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided cryoablation and could serve as a reliable annual follow-up exam, findings presented November 26 at the RSNA annual meeting suggest. In her presentation, Federica di Naro, MD, from Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi in Florence, Italy discussed her team’s results, which showed that combining CEM and re-evaluation with biopsy in selected breast cancer histology proves the efficacy of ultrasound-guided cryoabaltion and CEM’s reliability.“CEM is a valuable tool to define the effectiveness of cryoablation,” di Naro sai...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 1, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Breast Imaging RSNA 2023 Source Type: news
Wendie Berg hypes up CEM with AuntMinnie.com
Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) showed promise in two studies presented at the RSNA 2023 annual meeting. Wendie Berg, PhD, from the University of Pittsburgh, discussed with AuntMinnie.com the studies she and her team led. The studies went over how the modality screens high-risk women with no personal history of breast cancer and the causes of false-positive cases seen with CEM.Berg also talked about the areas in breast imaging that CEM has an advantage over breast MRI. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 1, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Breast RSNA 2023 Source Type: news
DBI issues statement of support for HR 3086 Find It Early Act
Dense Breast Info (DBI) has issued a statement of support for “Find It Early Act” HR 3086, a bill that addresses insurance barriers to breast cancer screening beyond an initial mammogram.If passed, HR 3086 would require insurers to cover additional ultrasound or MRI screenings with no out-of-pocket costs for women with dense breasts or at higher risk (for example, BRCA or other disease-causing mutation carriers, those with family/personal history of cancer, or other reason), according to DBI.Beginning September 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require that women be informed after their mammograms ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 1, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Subspecialties Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Breast Cancer Screening Frequency Makes a Big Survival Difference
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Women who routinely showed up for their scheduled mammogram appointments had lower risk of dying of breast cancer after developing it than those who had delayed or skipped screening, a subanalysis of an observational... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - December 1, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
AI Model Can Predict Breast Cancer Risk Regardless of Patient's Race
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- A deep-learning model using mammograms alone showed similar accuracy for predicting a woman's risk of breast cancer, regardless of her race, a researcher reported here.
For calculating 5-year risk of any breast... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - November 30, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
More Evidence That Regular Mammograms Save Lives
THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2023 -- A woman who gets her regular mammograms as scheduled is much less likely to die from breast cancer than if she skips screenings, a new study shows.
Women with breast cancer who underwent all her scheduled mammograms had a... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 30, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Study shows role mammography screening plays in breast cancer survival
CHICAGO -- Following through with regular mammograms is the “very best insurance” for the prevention of advanced, life-threatening breast cancer, according to research presented November 30 at the RSNA meeting.Robert A. Smith, PhD, American Cancer Society.Data gleaned from nearly 25 years of screenings showed a correlation-to-survival trend and suggested that it's important for imaging centers to not only manage cancelations but also improve scheduling, according to the study’s author, Robert Smith, PhD, of the American Cancer Society's (ACS) Center for Cancer Screening in Atlanta. “Women who attended all five pre...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 30, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Womens Imaging Breast RSNA 2023 Source Type: news
Video from RSNA: RadNet director addresses mammography misconceptions
Despite mammography's ability to find breast cancer early and potentially save lives, some misconceptions about its utility still lurk beyond radiology clinics. Jacqueline Holt, medical director of women's imaging at RadNet, spoke with AuntMinnie.com about these misconceptions and the data that backs up mammography as the gold standard in breast cancer screening. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 30, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: RSNA 2023 Breast Source Type: news
Study calls for interventions to reduce imaging appointment no-shows
CHICAGO – Financial hardship and health-related social needs are major drivers among radiology outpatients who do not show up for their appointments, according to research presented November 29 at RSNA.Despite this, there are very low screening and assistance rates at non-radiology encounters and almost no screening done at radiology encounters, said Andrew Cuyegkeng, of the University of California, Irvine, in a session on health equity research.“We believe that rigorous screening for these health-related social needs and financial hardship should be implemented and interventions should be designed and utilized to add...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 29, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: RSNA 2023 Practice Management Source Type: news
Biomarker model predicts breast cancer risk without racial bias
CHICAGO -- A new breast cancer risk assessment technique that uses mammography biomarkers shows no racial bias, according to research presented November 29 at the RSNA meeting.The findings offer another way to foster breast cancer early detection, improve patient survival rates across different populations, and reduce disparity in survival rates, said study lead author Leslie Lamb, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston in a statement. “In the domain of precision medicine, risk-based screening has been elusive because we have not been able to accurately evaluate a woman’s risk of developing breast cance...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 29, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Subspecialties Womens Imaging Breast Imaging RSNA 2023 Source Type: news
AI model detects breast arterial calcification on mammography
CHICAGO -- AI-based breast arterial calcification (BAC) detection on mammography is feasible and accurate, according to research presented November 28 at the RSNA 2023 annual meeting.
In his presentation, Chirag Parghi, MD, from Solis Mammography discussed his team’s findings, which found that its algorithm showed high accuracy in BAC detection. This included a prevalence and distribution of BAC increasing with age in a screening population.
“The reality is women are being diagnosed with heart attacks at an unprecedented rate,” Parghi said. “We poorly understand heart disease in women and who among women will get...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 28, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Breast Breast Imaging RSNA 2023 Source Type: news
