mammography

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020

Komen Suggests Delaying Routine Mammograms During COVID-19 Outbreak

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To help minimize the threat of COVID-19 to themselves and others, healthy women at average risk should postpone breast cancer screening until later this year, Susan G. Komen recommends. However, ... Read more

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020

Artificial Intelligence Could Aid in Breast Cancer Screening, Study Shows

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An artificial intelligence model outperformed certified radiologists in diagnosing breast cancer from mammogram images, according to a new study. This suggests that the system could be used in clinical settings to help ... Read more

December 9, 2019

HHS Grant to Advance Breast Cancer Screenings Based on Ultrasound

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A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant will fund research at two universities into whether an ultrasound technology might be more effective than mammography at detecting breast cancer, particularly ... Read more

April 2, 2019March 29, 2019

Doc, You’re a Downer. Let Me Revel in My 5-Year Mark

A Lump in the Road - A Column by Nancy Brier, Columns

I met a guy at a party. At first, he was quite the charmer, one of those middle-aged guys who was the most popular guy in high school. Standing within ... Read more

April 23, 2018

Breast Cancer Lesions Detected at Smaller Sizes in Women with Implants, Researchers Found

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Breast tumors in woman with implants are usually detected at smaller sizes compared to women without them, according to a new study. But screening via mammography seemed to be less ... Read more

December 8, 2017December 8, 2017

Artificial Intelligence Tested to Improve Mammogram Screening

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Researchers in the United Kingdom are launching a project to study if artificial intelligence (AI) could improve the detection of breast cancer in mammograms. If successful, AI-based screening is expected ... Read more

November 22, 2017November 22, 2017

Overweight Women May Need More Mammograms, Study Contends

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Overweight women might need mammograms more often because being overweight increases the risk that a tumor will become large before it is detected, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden argue ... Read more

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016

One-Third of Breast Cancer Patients in US Not Given Mammograms in Year After Treatment

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Breast cancer patients are recommended to undergo annual mammography screenings after finishing their treatment, but recent data suggests that nearly one-third of these women in the U.S. are not even starting post-treatment screenings — and ... Read more

October 24, 2016October 24, 2016

Mammography More Likely to Lead to Excessive Treatment Than to Save Lives, Study Suggests

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Mammography screenings may be a less valuable breast cancer-detecting tool than thought. A recent study showed that breast cancer screenings are as likely — if not more so — to detect small ... Read more

October 18, 2016October 18, 2016

Breast Cancer Screenings Could Be More Effective and Less Painful, Thesis Argues

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Breast cancer screening tests now being offered to many women are unnecessarily painful and largely outdated, according to a doctoral researcher from Lund University in Sweden. Magnus Dustler, with the Department of Translational ... Read more