Mammogram News

April 24, 2015

ACR Says New Mammography Recommendations Will Kill Thousands of Women, Strip Mammography Insurance Coverage From Millions

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Following the release of a draft of breast cancer screening recommendations from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), the American College of Radiology (ACR) claims that the changes would cause thousands ... Read more

March 13, 2015March 13, 2015

UC Irvine to Study Philips’ New Breast Density Screening Technology

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The University of California, Irvine, has established a partnership with Royal Philips in order to study spectral breast imaging and its effects in the improvement of measurement of breast density. The investigators ... Read more

January 27, 2015January 27, 2015

Mayo Clinic Study Evaluates Supplemental Screening in Women With Dense Breast Tissue

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Results from the study entitled “Molecular Breast Imaging at Reduced Radiation Dose for Supplemental Screening in Mammographically Dense Breasts”, were recently published in the American Journal of Roentgenology by Mayo Clinic researchers. ... Read more

October 28, 2014November 18, 2014

Wilms Tumor Survivors Have Greater Chance Of Developing Breast Cancer After Radiation Treatment

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What may be good for battling one cancer may prove to be troublesome for developing another. A study published in CANCER from the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson ... Read more

September 5, 2014September 5, 2014

FDA Approves GE’s New Breast 3D Imaging Technology, SenoClaire

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GE Healthcare‘s new breast tomosynthesis solution designed with three-dimensional imaging technology, SenoClaire. The novel technology, developed in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, uses a low-dose short ... Read more

August 21, 2014August 21, 2014

New Breast Cancer Screening Technology Benefits Women with Dense Breast Tissue

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Women who have dense breast tissue might have a difficult time in detecting breast cancer through mammograms, since both this type of tissue and tumor mass show up as white. ... Read more