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Radiation Benefit of Digital Mammogram Not Clear (en inglés)
In film mammograms, the images of your breasts are recorded on large sheets of black and white film. In digital mammograms, the images are recorded into a computer. Digital mammograms are thought to of...
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Sorting Out the Mammography Mess (en inglés)
In November 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended controversial changes to breast cancer screening guidelines. Four commentaries in the Journal of the American Medical Association o...
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Radiologists Back Mammography at Age 40 (en inglés)
Two important radiology professional organizations -- the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) -- have released recommendations on breast cancer screening. The re...
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MRI Often Rejected Over Fear, Inconvenience (en inglés)
Women with a much-higher-than-average risk of breast cancer usually follow an aggressive breast cancer screening plan. Women at very high risk could have an abnormal breast cancer gene (BRCA1 or BRCA2)...
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SABCS: Anthracycline Not Needed with Trastuzumab (en inglés)
After breast cancer surgery, many women diagnosed with early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer are treated with the targeted therapy Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab) and a combination of chemoth...
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SABCS: Confirmation of Chemo Benefit in Breast Cancer (en inglés)
After surgery to remove early-stage breast cancer, many women are treated with a combination of chemotherapy medicines. If a woman is postmenopausal and the cancer is hormone-receptor-positive, she'll ...
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RSNA: Ultrasound, MRI Helpful Aids for Dense Breasts (en inglés)
A study adds to evidence showing that an annual breast MRI or breast ultrasound along with an annual mammogram improves breast cancer detection in women with dense breasts.
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RSNA: Ultrasound Accurate in Young Women with Lumpy Breasts (en inglés)
If you or your doctor feels a lump in your breast or an area of concern shows up on a mammogram, the next step may be breast ultrasound to help decide if the mass is cancer and whether it should be bio...
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Senate Affirms Screening Mammography for 40-Year-Olds (en inglés)
In November 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force proposed dramatic changes to breast cancer screening guidelines, recommending that women younger than 50 with an average risk of breast cancer ...
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RSNA: Radiation Increases Cancer Risk for Women Already at Risk (en inglés)
A study found that women with an abnormal breast cancer gene (BRCA1 or BRCA2) who had five or more x-rays before they were 20 years old were 2.5 times more likely to develop breast cancer compared to w...
