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First breast cancer factors impact mammo's ability to find future ones

AuntMinnie

A team led by Julie Hamzah, MBBS, from Singapore General Hospital, found that symptomatic first breast cancers, dense breasts, and the presence of trabecular thickening on mammography are tied to mammogram detection failure of ipsilateral second breast cancers.

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A brief history of radiology

Radiology Cafe

14) Ultrasound was later used as a safer imaging modality for pregnant patient as X-ray use was dangerous to the foetus of a pregnant patient, as demonstrated by a research conducted by Alice Steward, a British Epidemiologist. (15) 15) Radiologists needed a common means for sharing images. Prevedello. Radiol Bras.