AuntMinnie

JANUARY 24, 2024

million mammograms were performed in the U.S. Although mammogram is the most widely used screening modality, a known problem is that 9.5% As is common in Europe, NHS currently uses a two-radiologist reader assessment of breast mammograms, three when there is disagreement. Just over 40.5

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Previous studies have demonstrated that dense breast tissue masks breast cancers on mammography, and that supplemental imaging such as ultrasound and MRI confirms suspicious findings within dense tissue. Radiologists have studied and continue to research how breast density plays into breast cancer risk. The study can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

While her mammogram yielded negative results, a subsequent ultrasound found breast cancer. From there, Pushkin and colleagues began offering educational tools via Densebreast-info.org and began celebrating World Dense Breast Day in 2022, which occurs each year on the last Wednesday of September. “[The mandate] will save lives.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Dense Breast Info (DBI) has issued a statement of support for “Find It Early Act” HR 3086, a bill that addresses insurance barriers to breast cancer screening beyond an initial mammogram. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require that women be informed after their mammograms whether their breasts are “dense” or “not dense.”

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 30, 2024

What’s more, the USPSTF concluded that there was insufficient evidence to recommend supplemental screening with MRI or ultrasound in women, regardless of breast density. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirement that all women having mammograms receive notice that their breasts are dense or not dense.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 2, 2023

1) After a mammogram, other screening tests such as ultrasound, and especially MRI, find additional cancers in dense breasts. To date, only sixteen states and the District of Columbia (2) have laws that require insurance coverage for screening beyond mammograms for higher risk women and/or those with dense tissue. Br J Radiol.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 5, 2023

Since ChatGPT was introduced in November 2022, researchers worldwide are diving into learning how these AI tools can be used in medical scenarios. It might be an MRI, an ultrasound, a mammogram, or another imaging test.

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