Keywords: Breast Cancer
03/05/2010
Meeting women halfway
Within Germany’s mammography screening programme, more than 10 million women, aged between 50 and 69 years, are entitled to a breast examination. It’s taken just over a year …
03/05/2010
Clinicial trial participation in breast cancer patients
An international survey of women with metastatic breast cancer conducted to evaluate their perceptions of quality of life and what additional medical information and support was …
02/18/2010
Sectra to show latest advancements in wide area radiology
At ECR 2010 in Vienna, Sectra focus on solutions for increased productivity. Sectra RIS/PACS is a performance solution for wide area radiology. Built on the latest Sectra …
02/04/2010
Mammography with lower dose
Digital mammograms deliver an average of 22% less radiation than film mammograms, according to a study partially funded by the National Cancer Institute and published in the …
01/20/2010
Cutting cancer deaths in Europe
New research on deaths from cancer in Europe concludes that the key priority for continuing to reduce mortality is cutting tobacco smoking. The study shows that, while deaths for …
01/20/2010
Link between mortality rates and mammography
More women die of breast cancer in areas where mammography centers are few and far between, according to research by a Medical College of Georgia radiology resident. Breast …
01/12/2010
The hidden epidemic: women's cancer in emerging countries
Breast and cervical cancer together account for more than one quarter of all female cancer deaths worldwide, with the majority – including more than 85 % of all cervical cancer …
01/06/2010
How do you improve mammogram accuracy? Add noise
Members of a Syracuse University research team in the USA have shown that an obscure phenomenon called stochastic resonance (SR) can improve the clarity of signals in systems such …
12/11/2009
International Cancer Genome Project starts in Germany
Brain tumors are the primary cause of cancer mortality in children. Even if a cure is possible, young patients often suffer tremendously from the stressful treatment which can be …
12/11/2009
Targeted Breast Ultrasound Can Reduce Biopsies for Women under Forty
Targeted breast ultrasound of suspicious areas of the breast, including lumps, is a safe, reliable and cost-effective alternative to invasive biopsies for women under age 40, …
12/02/2009
Breast cancer research funding to establish
Scientists are closer to discovering why some people respond to breast cancer radiotherapy better than others, according to Breast Cancer Campaign. Dr Laura Smith, at the Leeds …
11/30/2009
GE Healthcare is presenting ways to see more
At RSNA 2009 GE Healthcare is presenting a big basket filled with trends and innovations for the radiology department: …
11/30/2009
Elastography reduces unnecessary breast biopsies
Elastography is an effective, convenient technique that, when added to breast ultrasound, helps distinguish cancerous breast lesions from benign results, according to an ongoing …
11/30/2009
Sectra launches next-generation mammography workstation
At RSNA 2009, Sectra launches a new breast imaging PACS workstation built on Sectra RapidConnect technology. With this next-generation mammography workstation, Sectra focuses on …
11/24/2009
Sweden in Chicago
At RSNA 2009 in Chicago, Sectra focus on solutions for increased productivity. Sectra RIS/PACS is a performance solution for wide area radiology. Built on the Sectra RapidConnect …
11/18/2009
Integrated diagnostics and therapy in oncology
Cancer imaging is one of the most promising medical fields. Hybrid technologies, such as PET/CT or future MRI/PET, are the tools radiologists and oncologists use to gain ever …
11/16/2009
A promising new breast cancer test
The Innovation Prize for outstanding, application-oriented ideas in life sciences has been awarded by the Working Group of BioRegions at the Biotechnica in Hanover to research …
11/16/2009
Elasto augments the IU22 ultrasound platform
Philips has developed a proprietary technology for elastography that uses new strain analytics for signals captured on the IU22 volume linear transducer and yields a relative …
10/15/2009
Gynaecological cancer treatment enters new era of patient-tailored care
Advances in cancer prevention and treatment reported at this week´s premier European congress for specialists in gynaecological cancers show that care is being more effectively …
09/30/2009
GE Healthcare launches Global initiative for digital mammography
In addition to being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this October is the tenth anniversary of digital mammography, a technology introduced by GE Healthcare in 1999. Similar to …
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