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Calcifications on mammo could identify women at risk of CVD

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Detecting breast arterial calcifications on routine mammograms could identify women at a higher risk of future cardiovascular disease (CVD), a study published March 13 in Clinical Imaging found. Breast arterial calcifications are incidental findings on mammograms. The full study can be found here.

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Screening Tests for Dense Breasts—AI, Mammography, Ultrasound

Imaging Technology

This AJR accepted manuscript included 1,325 women (mean age, 53 years) with dense breasts who underwent both screening mammography and supplementary breast US within a 1-month interval from January 2017 to December 2017; prior mammogram and US were available to compare in 91.2% and 91.8%, respectively. s analysis.

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Bleeding After Image-Guided Breast Biopsies: Discontinuing vs. Maintaining Antithrombotic Therapy

Imaging Technology

From January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016, patients temporarily discontinued all AT for 5 days before CNB; from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019, the cohort maintained AT during CNB. The authors also reported that no patient developed clinically significant hematoma after biopsy. Reichman et al.

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RadNet testing three retail in-store breast cancer screening operations

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RadNet executives will spend the next 18 months learning what does and doesn't work for operating small in-store retail breast cancer screening clinics in three areas of the U.S. In early December 2023, the first of RadNet's three pilot MammogramNow clinics opened in a Walmart Supercenter in Milford, DE. Photo courtesy of RadNet.

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The Importance of Keeping Up With Mammograms During Covid: Don’t Delay, Schedule Your Yearly Screening

Professional Radiology

Cancer experts, however, have expressed concerns over the potential number of women who delayed breast cancer screenings and mammograms due to covid-related closures or backlogs. Let’s look at some of the recent numbers and revisit the importance of breast cancer screenings and mammograms. Why is Your Yearly Mammogram Important?

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AI scoring predicts DCIS recurrence

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Yoon and colleagues studied whether AI scoring on preoperative mammography, along with clinical and radiologic factors, is associated with recurrence after DCIS treatment. The multicenter, retrospective study included data collected between 2012 and 2017 from 1,740 women with an average of 51.5 years who were treated for DCIS.

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AI can be used to 'rule-out' breast cancer on mammography

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A deep-learning algorithm can rule out the presence of breast cancer on screening mammograms, improving specificity and yielding significant workflow and downstream savings, according to research published April 10 in Radiology. dataset 1: 143,593 mammograms interpreted by 11 breast radiologists from 2008 to 2017 U.S.