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Topic: Screening and Testing (view all topics)

Tags for topic Screening and Testing:

• Biopsy
• Blood Cell Counts
• Blood Marker Tests
• Breast MRI
• Breast Physical Exam
• Breast Self-Exam
• Chest X-Rays
• Digital Tomosynthesis
• FISH Test
• Genetic Testing
• IHC Test
• Inform HER2 Dual ISH Test
• MammaPrint
• Mammography
• Molecular Breast Imaging
• Oncotype DX
• SPoT-Light HER2 CISH
• Thermography
• Ultrasound

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• Measuring Levels of Specific Protein Doesn’t Help Decide Who Benefits from Chemotherapy

  Published on February 1, 2008 at 12:00 am

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  Measuring the Ki-67 protein in breast cancers doesn't help decide who would benefit from chemotherapy in women diagnosed with hormone-receptor-positive, node-negative disease.

• Digital Mammograms Better Than Film for Younger Women

  Published on January 29, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Dense Breasts and Mammography

  Digital mammograms are more accurate in finding breast cancer than film mammograms for women who are younger than 50, have dense breasts, or who still have their periods (or have had a period within the past year).

• Women Less Likely to Get Mammogram with Copay, Even If It’s Small

  Published on January 23, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Mammography

  Requiring a co-pay for screening mammograms -- even a small amount -- cuts the likelihood that women will get regular mammograms.

• African American Women Less Likely to Get BRCA Testing

  Published on January 17, 2008 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Family History, Genetics (including BRCA), and Genetic Testing

  African American women are less likely than white women to be tested for an abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene.

• Simple Saliva Test May Detect Breast Cancer

  Published on January 10, 2008 at 12:00 am

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  Researchers are working to create a breast cancer screening test that uses saliva proteins to detect cancers.

• Genetic Test Can Predict Recurrence Risk, Help Make Treatment Decisions

  Published on December 13, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Estrogen Receptor Positive Cancer, Non-Metastatic, and Oncotype DX

  The Oncotype DX test can help determine who will benefit from hormonal therapy plus chemotherapy, as opposed to hormonal therapy alone, in post-menopausal women diagnosed with estrogen-receptor-positive, node-positive breast cancer.

• Radiologists Interpret Mammograms Differently

  Published on December 11, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Mammography

  The ability of radiologists to accurately read diagnostic mammograms varies widely and radiologists who work at academic medical centers are likely to be more accurate than non-medical center radiologists.

• Stereoscopic Digital Mammography Halves False-Positive Rate

  Published on November 29, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Mammography

  Stereoscopic digital mammography can reduce the number of false positive mammogram results. But the technique is very new and not widely available yet.

• High White Blood Cell Count May Increase Risk

  Published on October 3, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Blood Cell Counts

  Higher than average white blood cell counts may offer doctors another way to evaluate cancer risk.

• Measuring Circulating Tumor Cells May Help Determine Recurrence Risk

  Published on September 24, 2007 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Non-Metastatic, Early-stage: Stage 0 -- DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ), Early-stage: Stage IA, Early-stage: Stage IB, Early-stage: Stage IIA, Early-stage: Stage IIB, Early-stage: Stage IIIA, and Blood Marker Tests

  A test that measures circulating tumor cells in the blood may help doctors more accurately determine the risk of breast cancer recurrence.