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Are Mammograms Safe? Understanding Radiation Exposure and Precautions

Professional Radiology

Mammograms are a crucial diagnostic tool that helps doctors detect early signs of breast cancer and other breast-related issues. However, many patients have concerns about radiation exposure and the potential risks involved. Radiation exposure is controlled and minimized to ensure patient safety.

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What has radiology learned in 5 years since COVID hit U.S.?

AuntMinnie

While services for breast and lung cancer screening were temporarily halted, imagers in x-ray, lung ultrasound, and PET/CT were busy examining patients who presented with COVID-19. Her team employed a tracking mechanism for patients who were due for their mammograms once screening operations resumed. But that involves human contact.

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Cryoablation effective in women with breast cancer

AuntMinnie

Cryoablation uses imaging guidance typically with ultrasound or CT to locate tumors. Previous research suggests that when the procedure is combined with hormonal therapy and radiation, patients can have nearly 100% of their tumors destroyed, Bryce noted. hormone therapy and radiation) therapies can have on this patient population.

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Understanding the Importance of Screening Mammograms

The Radiology Clinic

Amidst the battle against this disease, screening mammograms emerge as a crucial tool in early detection and effective treatment. In this blog, we delve into the significance of screening mammograms, their procedure, their benefits, and why they are essential for women’s health. What is a Screening Mammogram?

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Low-dose PEM shows promise in breast cancer detection

AuntMinnie

However, PEM’s higher radiation dose has steered radiologists away from using the modality. A) Craniocaudal mammogram of the right breast does not show any lesion. (B) B) The malignant lesion corresponds with a 7-cm irregular and spiculated mass on the left craniocaudal mammogram.

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The Importance of High-Risk Breast Cancer Screening

Midstate Radiology Associates

That changed in 2023, when Angie underwent a mammogram and breast ultrasound at a Midstate Radiology Associates location offering CARE. Based on Angie’s risk score, she qualified for a breast MRI, a diagnostic tool capable of detecting cancers that mammograms and ultrasounds might miss.

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Slowly, but surely.we're getting there!

J Gershon Breast Imaging

While this is an improvement over the prior recommendation to begin screening at age 50, it falls short of the current recommendation by the Society of Breast Imaging and the American College of Radiology to obtain annual mammograms beginning at age 40. Concern for radiation risk due to annual screening is really of no concern!