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Between December 2018 and January 2021, the group enrolled 41 female participants (median age, 56 years) who underwent both PET scans. B) F-18 FDG-PET maximum intensity projection, F-18 FES-PET maximum intensity projection, breast MRI scan, and mammogram in an 81-year-old female participant who presented with a tumor in the right breast.
women, with an annual percentage change (APC) of 1.16% (p Late-stage disease increased consistently for women aged 20 to 39 years with an APC of 2.91% (p For women aged 40 to 74 years, the late-stage breast cancer incidence rate increased with an APC of 2.10% between 2004 and 2010 (p = 0.002) and an APC of 2.73% between 2018 and 2021 (p = 0.01).
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In 2018, she led a study on automated breast density assessment for informing cancer risk, and in 2022, she and colleagues studied the impact of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) on imaging dense breasts. Kerlikowske has studied breast density on imaging. The study can be found here.
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“We're excited to introduce advanced workstation features for our flagship solution, ProFound Detection, aimed at further improving and facilitating radiologists' interpretation of mammograms within their workstation,” said Dana Brown , President and CEO of iCAD. Detection in 2018, and V3.0 in 2016, followed by 3D V2.0
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