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Benign breast disease found on percutaneous biopsy ups cancer risk

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Benign breast disease diagnosed through percutaneous biopsy increases the overall risk of developing breast cancer, according to research published December 13 in JAMA Surgery. Benign breast disease makes up about 75% of breast biopsy diagnoses. The study included data from 4,819 women with a median age of 51.

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Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound in Intracranial Diseases

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Food and Drug Administration has approved this technology for the treatment of essential tremor and Parkinson's disease, and its indications are expanding to include various intracranial diseases. High-intensity FUS is a safe and effective treatment for various intracranial diseases.

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Treatment paradigm shifting for men with prostate cancer

AuntMinnie

There is no cure for the disease, with treatments designed to prolong the lives of patients. The bottom line is that if I’m dealing with a gentleman who has primarily bone disease, Xofigo might actually be a very good option and it can be done before or after Pluvicto,” she said. Now there’s Pluvicto, she said.

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Deep learning combines breast imaging data to predict cancer prognosis

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A team led by Junqi Han, MD, from the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University in China found that its model combining data from mammography images, ultrasound images, and other characteristics performed well in predicting disease-free survival of breast cancer. They collected imaging data to establish deep-learning models using ResNet50.

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Many high-risk women aren't getting appropriate breast cancer screening

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They investigated risk scores from the Tyrer-Cuzick model and characteristics of breast cancer patients younger than 40, using data collected between 2013 and 2018. Finally, the researchers found that Black women were more likely to present with advanced-stage disease, at 17.6% in the study.

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Imaging surveillance suggested for radial scars found on DBT

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The retrospective study included women who underwent core-needle biopsy showing a radial scar after screening DBT and digital mammography between 2013 and 2020. The researchers found that seven radial scars were upstaged to ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) while another was upstaged to invasive disease.

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ECR: 3 tips for developing a successful cardiac imaging practice

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He noted that in 2019, the European Society of Cardiology issued updated guidelines for diagnostic imaging of coronary artery disease (CAD), recommending noninvasive imaging (i.e., vs. 1.9%) as well as an increase in the demand for noninvasive imaging for the diagnosis of CAD between 2013 and 2017 across all cardiac imaging modalities.

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