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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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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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Women less likely to return to mammo after false-positive results

AuntMinnie

The final analysis included data collected between 2005 and 2017 from 3,529,825 screening mammograms. Women who were recalled for additional imaging, short-interval follow-up recommendations, or biopsy recommendations were less likely to return to regular screening compared with women whose mammograms were deemed to be true-negative.

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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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Cryoablation effective in women with breast cancer

AuntMinnie

Patients underwent cryoablation between January 2017 and March 2023. Follow-up imaging was performed after the procedure by mammogram, ultrasound, or in some cases contrast-enhanced mammogram or MRI, based on patient eligibility and preference. cm who were poor surgical candidates or who refused surgery.

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Calcifications on mammo could identify women at risk of CVD

AuntMinnie

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.

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

AuntMinnie

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.