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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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• Experimental Gamma Imaging Better Than Ultrasound for Suspicious Areas

  Published on October 3, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Molecular Breast Imaging and Ultrasound

  Breast-specific gamma imaging seems to be better than ultrasound at finding breast cancer when a screening mammogram shows a suspicious area.

• Starting Mammograms at Age 40 Saves Lives

  Published on September 29, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Mammography

  A very large Swedish study found that women who started getting screening mammograms at age 40 instead of 50 were 26% less likely to die from breast cancer.

• Do Screening Mammograms Save Lives?

  Published on September 22, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Mammography

  A Norwegian study suggests that screening mammograms don't save as many lives as was previously thought; the results are controversial and Breastcancer.org experts are concerned about the design of the study.

• Experimental Genomic Test May Help Predict Risk of Hormone-Receptor-Positive Disease Recurrence

  Published on July 28, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Family History, Personal History of Breast Cancer, and Genetic Testing

  An experimental test may be able to help predict the risk of hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer, but it's not clear how useful the test is.

• Mammograms Less Sensitive in Young Women

  Published on July 27, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Mammography

  Research suggests that breast cancers diagnosed in younger women are more likely to be advanced not because the cancers grow faster than cancers in older women, but because more time passes before the cancer can found by a mammogram.

• Optical Tomography May Help Assess Suspicious Areas in Breast

  Published on June 24, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Mammography and Ultrasound

  Research suggests that optical tomography may be able to help determine if a suspicious area in the breast is cancer or not.

• Some Parents Who’ve Been Tested Support Abnormal Breast Cancer Gene Testing for Kids

  Published on June 22, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Genetics (including BRCA) and Genetic Testing

  About a third of people who were tested for abnormal breast cancer genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2), supported the same testing for their children.

• Biopsy of Metastatic Cancer May Change Treatment Plan

  Published on June 7, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Metastatic, Metastatic/Advanced-stage: Stage IV, Estrogen Receptor Negative Cancer, Estrogen Receptor Positive Cancer, HER2/neu Negative Cancer, HER2/neu Positive Cancer, Progesterone Receptor Negative Cancer, Progesterone Receptor Positive Cancer, Biopsy, Luminal A, Luminal B, Triple Negative, and HER2 Overexpressing

  Research suggests that a breast cancer's characteristics may change if the cancer metastasizes, so doing a biopsy on metastatic cancer may make sense in some cases.

• Two Mammograms Per Year Better Than One After Lumpectomy

  Published on May 13, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags: Mammography and Lumpectomy

  New research suggests that having mammograms twice per year after lumpectomy finds a cancer recurrence (or a new cancer) earlier than only one mammogram per year after surgery.

• Breast Cancer Subtype Test May Lead to New Treatments

  Published on May 8, 2010 at 12:00 am

  • Tags:

  Quickly and easily analyzing a breast cancer's subtypes may some day allow doctors to design highly individualized treatment plans based on subtype.