Hand-held Breast Scanner May Help Women Spot Potential Problems
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TUESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- A prototype of a hand-held scanner that women can use at home for early detection of breast cancer has been developed by researchers at Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be the best screening tool for breast cancer in women who carry the genetic mutation that makes them susceptible to the disease, according to new research.
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Every other year may be enough for women over 50 to have a mammogram, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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A computer program can predict a woman's risk of breast or ovarian cancer with unprecedented accuracy.
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People having full body scans to find potential health problems may wind up creating one, researchers suggest. Radiation from computed tomography, or CT, scans will result in a modest increase in the risk
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Technology that doctors expect will help detect precancerous cells faster and less painfully also could someday take cameras to parts of the body where no camera has gone before.
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Women with breast cancer detected during a mammogram have a lower risk that the tumors will recur than women diagnosed without the screening test, according to a study in the Sept.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It can be very daunting for a woman to have to undergo additional tests after a mammogram and then to find out there is nothing wrong.
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NEW YORK AUG 26, 2004  - Screening mammography is less effective in detecting breast cancer in women who use hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
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Designed to help doctors detect precancerous cells, a pill-sized camera may someday help diagnose diseases in parts of the body that are hard to reach by conventional means.
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Scientists in the United States are developing a screening test for breast cancer that checks a woman's saliva for evidence of the disease to help find tumors early, when they are most treatable.
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The Cancer Registry of Norway has released a new study about the accuracy of mammograms. The research looks at the rate of false positives from mammograms.
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Researchers at two Philadelphia universities are working on a joint project they say could lead to an inexpensive, simple device that women could use at home for detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages.
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Dentists could test patients' spit for breast cancer if a new device gets the go-ahead.
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CHICAGO -- An experimental ultrasound technique that measures how easily breast lumps compress and bounce back could enable doctors to determine instantly whether a woman has cancer or not _ without having to do a biopsy.
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Women in their 40s, who tend to have relatively dense breast tissue, are more likely to have a breast tumor missed on a screening mammogram than are older women, new study findings suggest.
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Women with a high genetic risk for breast cancer run a better chance of having it detected with magnetic resonance imaging than with mammography and other methods, researchers said on Tuesday.