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CT Laser Mammography Technology To Be Featured At European Congress Of Radiology 2008-03-05 06:16:00 Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IMDS) a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging systems, will exhibit CT Laser
Mammography (CTLM(R)) technology at the annual EuropeanCongress
of Radiology (ECR 2008), March 7- 11, in Vienna, Austria. IDSI will be located at Expo E #566.
"We are pleased to be a part of ECR 2008," commented Deborah O'Brien, IDSI's Senior Vice President. "As Read more:Featured
, Technology
UCSF researchers validate new model for breast cancer risk 2008-03-04 17:42:00 Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have developed a way to quickly estimate a woman's risk for invasive breast cancer. The new model
, based on a measure of breast density that is already reported with the majority of mammograms today, is the first to be validated across multiple ethnic groups living in the United States.
The model could one day be used to help calculate a Read more:researchers
Tests for breast cancer 2008-03-03 05:57:00 New imaging technology has changed almost every aspect of medical care, and mammography, the main form of breast cancer screening, is no exception. Ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and digital mammography are now available, either to complement the standard mammogram or, in the case of digital mammogram, possibly to replace it.
The standard mammogram is a low-dose x-ray of the
Breast cancer screening rates lowest in London 2008-03-01 06:34:00 (PressZoom) - More than a third of women in the capital who are invited to be screened for breast cancer are failing to take up the offer, a report from the London Assembly reveals today.
London has the lowest uptake of breast cancer screening in the country – 13 percent below the national average of 75 percent1. This is despite statistics that show survival rates2 are lagging far behind those Read more:Breast
No Additional Benefit Found for Personalized Intervention to Promote Regular Mammography Screening 2008-02-29 14:18:00 Two different interventions did not significantly increase regular mammography screening in a large randomized study.
Behavioral interventions, such as personalized mailings, have been reported to increase one-time cancer screening. However, few studies have examined the impact of behavioral interventions on regular or on-going participation in screening exams.
Sally Vernon, Ph.D., of the Read more:Personalized
, Promote
, Screening
iCAD Introduces Next Generation TotalLook Film Digitizer 2008-02-28 15:28:00 iCAD, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICAD), an industry-leading provider of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) solutions for the early detection of cancer, today announced the availability of the TotalLook MammoAdvantage system which converts prior mammography films to digital images for comparative review on a single digital review workstation. This new version of iCAD’s state-of-the-art film digitizing solution Read more:Generation
How Accurate Is Your Mammogram Reading? 2008-02-28 06:00:00 (NaturalNews) The National Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium recently published a disturbing in-depth study claiming that the ability of the radiologist who reads mammograms will greatly affect the accuracy of the result. "Obviously when a woman has a mammogram she wants to know if she has breast cancer" said study leader Diana Miglioretti, PhD an associate investigator, "especially if the Read more:Accurate
, Reading
CT Laser Mammography Technology to be Featured at Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Conference 2008-02-27 13:35:00 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IMDS)
a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging systems, will exhibit
CT Laser
Mammography (CTLM(R)) technology at the 18th Annual
National Interdisciplinary BreastCancer
Conference, March 1-5,
in Las Vegas, Nevada. IDSI will be located at booth #43.
"Attending the 18th Annual Read more:Featured
, Technology
Homeless Women get Mammograms at Project Homeless Connect 2008-02-27 08:23:00 For women who lack a home or a safe place to stay, getting a regular mammogram is probably way down on their list of things to do. They are too busy struggling just to survive. But now California Pacific Medical Center is providing free mammograms and a full health care check-up for some homeless women at the Project
Homeless Connect
on February 27th at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
"These Read more:Women
Study: Mammogram Reminders Not Helpful 2008-02-26 20:10:00 Feb. 26, 2008 -- Women who are due for a mammogram may want to go ahead and schedule their appointment and not wait on the reminder letter from their doctor.
A new study shows that those reminder letters may not boost mammography rates.
The study included 8,444 female veterans aged 52 and older covered by the VA system.
source: WebMD Read more:Study
HRT Can Lead to Abnormal Mammograms, Biopsies 2008-02-25 18:09:00 By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Women who take combined hormone therapy for about five years have a higher risk of abnormal mammograms and breast biopsies.
This, in turn, may decrease the effectiveness of these methods of detecting breast cancer, according to a new study published in the Feb. 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
"Women need to be
Examine : Mammography: In Pursuit of Perfection 2008-02-25 09:41:00 Laurie Margolies, MD, assistant professor of radiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and director of breast imaging at Mount Sinai Hospital, both in New York City, discusses some of the recently published studies that conclude that mammogram interpretation is dependent upon the training and skill level of the radiologist reading the image and their access to other modalities and technologies. Read more:Examine
, Perfection
Breast X-Rays May Predict Stroke Risk 2008-02-21 22:36:00 Charlene Laino
WebMD News
Feb. 21, 2008 (New Orleans) -- Mammograms may help predict whether a woman is at increased risk for stroke, new research suggests.
That because breast X-rays can spot benign calcium deposits in the arteries, says Paul S. Dale, MD, chief of surgical oncology at the University of Missouri's Ellis Fischel Cancer Center in Columbia.
The presence or absence of calcium is Read more:Breast
, Stroke
FUJIFILM's Digital Mammography Technology Now Available for Mobile Use 2008-02-21 09:23:00 STAMFORD, Conn., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- FUJIFILM Medical
Systems USA,Inc.'s Computed Radiography for Mammography
(FCRm), the world's most widelyused Full Field Digital
Mammography (FFDM) system, is now available for use in
mobile mammography environments. The first two
installations of Mobile
FCRm systems were in mobile units
by the Harris County Hospital District in Houston
and St. Read more:Technology
ART Announces First Sale of SoftScan Optical Breast Imaging System 2008-02-20 15:41:00 MONTREAL, CANADA--(Marketwire - Feb. 20, 2008) - ART Advanced Research Technologies Inc. ("ART") (TSX:ARA), a Canadian medical device company and a leader in optical molecular imaging products for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, is pleased to announce the first sale of its SoftScan® optical breast imaging system to the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ('Sunnybrook") in Toronto, Read more:Breast
, First
, Imaging
, Optical
, System
Breast Care Solutions by Siemens offer a comprehensive product spectrum for diagnosis and therapy 2008-02-18 17:30:00 Among women, breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer death. Each year nearly 180,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer. More than 40,000 a year die from this disease*. These facts stress the importance of a quality-ensured early detection of breast cancer as well as the availability of individual therapies. In response, Siemens
Healthcare developed comprehensive Read more:Breast
, diagnosis
Breast Cancer Blood Test Introduced to the Middle East 2008-02-18 06:42:00 The most prevalent cancer among women, breast cancer affects approximately 1.2 million women worldwide. While millions of American women receive mammography screenings each year, many women in the Middle East avoid this important screening procedure, often because of strong underlying cultural bias.
"Fully 70% of worldwide breast cancer cases occur in developing countries," says Dr. Essam Sheta, Read more:Blood
, Breast
, Breast Cancer
, Cancer
Benefits Of Medicare Paid Mammography Lag For Black Women 2008-02-17 06:04:00 Randy Dotinga
When Medicare began paying for older women to undergo preventive mammograms in 1991, doctors expected breast cancer mortality rates to drop. Breast cancer deaths did decrease, but new research has unveiled a discrepancy: African American women as a group do not benefit as much as white women.
Breast cancer death rates for the two ethnic groups used to be nearly identical.
"It Read more:Benefits
, Black
, Women
Deadly disparity in cancer detection 2008-02-16 21:50:00 Dr. Syed Ashraf Imam
When I first joined the fight against breast cancer nearly 30 years ago, the tools we used were primitive. Mammography was very much in an experimental form and our diagnoses were often flawed. Even the treatments we used then seem primitive by today's standards.
Fortunately, for most women, breast cancer is no longer a death sentence. Improvements in detection, treatment
Wide Variation in Mammography Interpretation 2008-02-16 06:45:00 The interpretive performance of radiologists reading diagnostic mammograms varies widely due to factors not associated with patient characteristics, according to study findings published in the Dec. 19 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Diana L. Miglioretti, Ph.D., of the Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, and colleagues evaluated 123 radiologists' interpretations of 35,895 Read more:Variation
Benefits Of Medicare Paid Mammography Lag For Black Women 2008-02-15 06:26:00 When Medicare began paying for older women to undergo preventive mammograms in 1991, doctors expected breast cancer mortality rates to drop. Breast cancer deaths did decrease, but new research has unveiled a discrepancy: African American women as a group do not benefit as much as white women.
Breast cancer death rates for the two ethnic groups used to be nearly identical.
"It looks like the Read more:Benefits
, Black
, Women
Aurora® Breast MRI Society Debuts Global Teaching Tool at Society’s Annual Meeting 2008-02-14 12:07:00 NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Aurora
® Breast
MRI Society
, a rapidly growing group of dedicated breast radiologists committed to advancing the use of cutting-edge dedicated breast MRI technology, previewed the newly developed Aurora Breast MRI Society Global
PACS Teaching Tool. The teaching tool was introduced before an audience of more than 100 radiology professionals in attendance Read more:Annual
Wealthier women get more breast cancer screenings, regardless of benefit 2008-03-12 12:07:00 Steve Tokar
Among women 65 and older, wealthy women in poor health are more likely to receive screening mammography for breast cancer even when they are unlikely to benefit
from the test, while poor women in good health are less likely to receive screening mammography even when they are likely to benefit. The results are in a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
All
Doctor speaks about breast health care 2008-03-11 09:59:00 Juliette Funes
Mammography expert Laszlo Tabar spoke to about 150 students and teachers in the Titan Student Union about the improvements the next generation of physicians can make to early detection methods and to the breast health care field.
Tabar has read over one million mammography screenings since 1977.
He is the "world's foremost expert on mammography … and set it [mammography] as a Read more:Doctor
Breast elastography techniques break new ground 2008-03-08 19:37:00 H. A. Abella
Two new ultrasound elastography techniques show promise for the diagnosis and characterization of breast lesions, according to researchers from France and Korea. They could complement standard gray-scale sonography, evaluate suspicious microcalcifications detected with conventional mammography, and do away with unnecessary, painful needle biopsies.
Dr. Alexandra Athanasiu from the Read more:Breast
, ground
Mammograms in Stereo 2008-03-14 23:06:00 ATLANTA, Ga. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- This year, 200,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Many more will see their doctor for an annual mammogram screening. Now, doctors at Emory University in Atlanta are testing a new diagnostic tool that cuts false positive results by almost half and could give doctors a whole new way to detect abnormalities.
When Dr. Carl D'Orsi Read more:Stereo
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