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AI Detects More Breast Cancers with Fewer False Positives, Reports Retrospective Denmark Study

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milla1cf Tue, 06/04/2024 - 20:48 June 4, 2024 — Using artificial intelligence (AI), breast radiologists in Denmark have improved breast cancer screening performance and reduced the rate of false-positive findings. The remaining mammograms were read by two radiologists (called a double-read) with AI-assisted decision support.

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Researchers Develop Deep Learning Model to Predict Breast Cancer

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milla1cf Mon, 04/01/2024 - 12:07 April 1, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new, interpretable artificial intelligence (AI) model to predict 5-year breast cancer risk from mammograms, according to a new study published today in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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Annual Mammogram | Get Back on Track

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The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 created a “perfect storm” for undetected breast cancer. A combination of canceled elective screenings and procedures, staff and PPE shortages, office closures, and personal health concerns all contributed to a decline in the number of routine mammograms provided for at-risk women.

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Late-stage breast cancer incidence increasing in U.S. women

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We need to have women, radiologists, and clinicians recognize these trends are not favorable and we have to reverse them if were going to save womens lives. They used the latest available data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER), including data from the COVID-19 pandemic peak years of 2020 and 2021.

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AuntMinnie 2021: COVID-19 vaccine affects imaging results, researchers warn

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As more people get vaccinated for COVID-19, radiologists must be familiar with how the vaccine may affect imaging results, wrote Shabnam Mortazavi, MD, of the University of California, Los Angeles. insert table here) (Above) 55-year-old woman who underwent screening mammogram and ultrasound seven days after first COVID-19 vaccination dose.

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RadNet testing three retail in-store breast cancer screening operations

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RadNet acquired DeepHealth in 2020. Saige-Dx optimizes breast cancer screening to help radiologists detect even subtle lesions, according to the company. It also serves as a look-behind for radiologists referred to as a “Safeguard Review.” Then, in 2022, the U.S. It assists in a recall or don't recall decision.

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QT Imaging Announces Second Blinded Screening Trial Finding Its Technology Similarly Effective as Digital Breast Tomosynthesis

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Unfortunately, routine screening mammograms are not recommended for women under 40 because risks outweigh potential benefits at this young age. While fewer than 5% of women with breast cancer are diagnosed before the age of 40(1), those cancers are usually aggressive, and the young patients suffer from poor survival outcomes.

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