Philadelphia Teacher Sues District Over Asbestos-Related Cancer
Juan Namnun, an award-winning health and physical education teacher at Frankford High School in Philadelphia, was diagnosed with papillary carcinoma in 2022. His diagnosis led him to file a lawsuit against The School District of Philadelphia.
Papillary carcinoma is a rare type of breast cancer. Following his diagnosis, Namnum underwent a double mastectomy, reconstructive surgery and chemotherapy.
Namnum’s lawsuit claims his diagnosis is “a direct and proximate result of [his] repeated exposure to and inhalation of excessive amounts of asbestos fibers and dust at Frankford High school over a period of mu...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - April 1, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Travis Rodgers Tags: Asbestos (general) Asbestos Exposure Cancer (Non-Meso) Source Type: news
Cryoablation effective in women with breast cancer
A minimally invasive procedure called cryoablation that uses ice to freeze and destroy tumors has proven effective for women with large breast cancer tumors, according to a study presented March 27 at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Salt Lake City.
The finding suggests the technique may provide a new treatment path for women who are not candidates for lumpectomy, or surgical removal, noted Yolanda Bryce, MD, an interventional radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and senior author of the study.
“Surgery is still the best option for tumor removal, but there are ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Interventional Breast Source Type: news
Big Drop in Rate of Ipsilateral Breast Cancer After DCIS
(MedPage Today) -- The incidence of invasive breast cancer after conservative treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) decreased by more than 50% over the past 30 years, data from a Dutch cancer registry showed.
Among 19,000 patients who... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - March 26, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
FAPI-PET/CT outperforms FDG-PET/CT in women with invasive breast cancer
This study underscores Ga-68 FAPI-PET/CT’s superiority over F-18 FDG-PET/CT for ILC,” the group concluded. A link to the full study can be found here. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Breast 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
ARRS announces Resident/Fellow in Radiology awardees
The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) is recognizing four radiologists, as well as their institutions and research projects, with its 2024 ARRS Resident/Fellow in Radiology Awards.
The following radiologists and their research projects are recognized as awardees:
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Melina Hosseiny, MD, University of California, San Diego. ARRS President’s Award for “Multi-task Ensemble Deep Learning for Differential Diagnosis of Pneumonia and Pulmonary Edema on Chest Radiograph.”
Ahmed Taher, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. ARRS Executive Council Award for “...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: People in the News Source Type: news
Does breast radiation therapy raise risk of skin cancer?
Radiation therapy for breast cancer treatment leads to an increased risk of skin cancer, according to research published March 8 in JAMA Network Open.
A team led by Shawheen Rezaei from Stanford University found that the risk of non-keratinocyte skin cancer diagnosis such as melanoma and hemangiosarcoma after breast cancer treatment with radiation was more than 50% higher.
“Although occurrences of non-keratinocyte skin cancers are rare, physicians should be aware of this elevated risk to help inform follow-up care,” the Rezaei team wrote.
While breast cancer treatment strategies have improved over the decades, survi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Womens Imaging Breast Breast Imaging Source Type: news
ECR: Momentum gathers for abbreviated MRI in high-risk breast screening
Abbreviated breast MRI is not only effective for screening among high-risk women but also useful for evaluating "pure" ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), according to two presentations delivered March 2 at ECR 2024.
The shortened protocol offers patients a safe alternative to longer breast MRI screening exams – and streamlines radiology department workflow, said first presenter Dr. Tamara Suaris of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London.
"Abbreviated breast MRI can be considered as a safe alternative to conventional MRI studies [for] very high-risk screening, reducing MR waiting times and backlog," she noted.
Abbreviated ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 4, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News MRI Source Type: news
ECR: Coronal reconstruction on ABUS helps avoid false negatives
Careful consideration of results from coronal reconstruction on automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) can help clinicians avoid false negatives, according to study results shared February 29 at ECR 2024.
The fact that ABUS is capable of this 3D technique differentiates it from handheld ultrasound, said presenter Elizabet Nikolova, MD, of University Hospital of Zürich in Switzerland. In a study she conducted with colleagues, two women were diagnosed with invasive carcinoma on follow-up after initial ultrasound findings were classified as BI-RADS 2.
"Both lesions were already visible in previous ABUS and mammography and the...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 1, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Ultrasound Source Type: news
ADC optimal cutoff reduces MRI-prompted breast biopsies
Applying point-of-care apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) cutoffs from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) could reduce MRI-prompted breast biopsies, a study published February 13 in Radiology found.
Researchers led by Inyoung Youn, MD, PhD, from the University of Washington in Seattle found that applying these cutoffs led to a nearly 16% decrease in breast biopsies. They also reported a tradeoff of lowered sensitivity for in situ and microinvasive disease manifesting as nonmass enhancements.
“Our study results support adoption of [ADC] cutoffs in the clinical setting, with the caveat that radiologists may need to be mo...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Unmet social needs tied to screening mammography use
Women's unmet social needs should be considered to better promote breast cancer screening utilization and early-stage cancer diagnosis, suggest findings published February 13 in JAMA Network Open.
Researchers led by Neha Goel, MD, from the University of Miami in Florida found that access to screening mammography did not translate to mammography use and that increasing unmet social needs were tied to lower rates of screening mammography. Also, women with high levels of unmet social needs were more likely to present with late-stage breast disease.
“This novel research is important as diagnosis at a later stage significan...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 14, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news
Could CEM be suitable alternative for imaging lobular carcinoma?
Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) can locally stage lobular breast carcinomas and could serve as an alternative to breast MRI, according to research published February 12 in Clinical Radiology.
A team led by Elisabetta Giannotti, MD, from Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, U.K., found that CEM had superior sensitivity compared to standard mammography and that both CEM and MRI overestimate tumor size to a similar degree.
"Traditionally, breast MRI has been used in many centers for preoperative staging, but CEM appears to be a suitable alternative,” the Giannotti team wrote.
Invasive lobular carcinoma is the ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 13, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Subspecialties Breast Imaging Source Type: news
Low-dose PEM shows promise in breast cancer detection
Low-dose positron emission mammography (PEM) can detect invasive breast cancer in a feasible manner, according to research published February 9 in Radiology: Imaging Cancer.
A team led by Vivianne Freitas, MD, from the University of Toronto found that PEM performed comparably to MRI in breast cancer detection and could serve as a supplemental imaging method for evaluating dense breasts.
"This groundbreaking imaging technique presents a compelling alternative, mirroring the clinical utility of traditional mammography and MRI but utilizing considerably lower doses of radiation when compared with previously molecular breast...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 9, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news
CEM image quality unaffected by iron particles from tracers
Low-dose iron oxide tracers impact the quality of breast MR images, but not that of contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM), a study published February 5 in Surgical Oncology found.
Researchers led by Elisabeth van Haaren from the Zuyderland Medical Centre in Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands, found that even after a low-dose injection (1 ml) of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) tracer, iron remnants stay behind in the breast tissue and disturb all MR images. However, they also observed no such effect on CEM images.
“CEM could be valuable alternative if additional imaging is needed in the follow-up of breast cancer,” van...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 6, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Clinical News Subspecialties MRI Ultrasound Breast Imaging Source Type: news
CEM image quality unaffected by iron particles from tracers
Low-dose iron oxide tracers impact the quality of breast MR images, but not that of contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM), a study published February 5 in Surgical Oncology found.
Researchers led by Elisabeth van Haaren from the Zuyderland Medical Centre in Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands, found that even after a low-dose injection (1 ml) of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) tracer, iron remnants stay behind in the breast tissue and disturb all MR images. However, they also observed no such effect on CEM images.
“CEM could be valuable alternative if additional imaging is needed in the follow-up of breast cancer,” van...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 6, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Clinical News Subspecialties MRI Ultrasound Breast Imaging Source Type: news
