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Advocates, researchers herald federal breast density notification law

AuntMinnie

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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DBI issues statement of support for HR 3086 Find It Early Act

AuntMinnie

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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Study on breast density notification narratives draws mixed reaction

AuntMinnie

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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Why understanding breast density matters

The British Institute of Radiology

Women with dense breasts are BOTH more likely to develop breast cancer and more likely to have that cancer missed on a mammogram [5] Fig. 1 – Cancer on a mammogram of a fatty vs a dense breast What is Dense Breast Tissue? Breast density is determined through a mammogram and described as one of four categories (Fig.

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USPSTF finalizes breast cancer screening recommendations

AuntMinnie

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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Mass General Brigham Study Finds ChatGPT 4 Excels at Picking the Right Imaging Tests

Imaging Technology

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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AI's impact on false-positive mammograms, breast cancer screening performance

AuntMinnie

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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