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Ultrasound nonmass breast lesion features may signal malignancy

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Some nonmass breast lesion characteristics on ultrasound exams can be considered suspicious for malignancy at screening ultrasound, according to research published November 5 in Radiology. The retrospective, multicenter study included data collected from 2012 to 2019 from 993 women with an average age of 50 years. cm vs. 1.9

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CEM has tradeoffs for imaging extremely dense breasts

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The researchers evaluated CEM’s diagnostic performance in this population, collecting data from consecutive CEM exams in asymptomatic women performed between 2012 and 2022. From the CEM exams, the team defined "low-energy" images as the equivalent of a 2D full-field digital mammogram. Subsequent targeted ultrasound showed a 0.5-cm

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AI Software Firm Announces Support of DenseBreast-info.org Ahead of SBI 2023 Symposium

Imaging Technology

1) After a mammogram, other screening tests such as ultrasound, and especially MRI, find additional cancers in dense breasts. To date, only sixteen states and the District of Columbia (2) have laws that require insurance coverage for screening beyond mammograms for higher risk women and/or those with dense tissue. Br J Radiol.

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Why understanding breast density matters

The British Institute of Radiology

Women with dense breasts are BOTH more likely to develop breast cancer and more likely to have that cancer missed on a mammogram [5] Fig. 1 – Cancer on a mammogram of a fatty vs a dense breast What is Dense Breast Tissue? Breast density is determined through a mammogram and described as one of four categories (Fig.