MRIs double rates of breast cancer detection, ultrasounds less ...
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TORONTO (CP) - MRI scans detect breast cancer at twice the rate of traditional screening procedures, says a Canadian-led study that suggests only the most at-risk women consider the costly procedure because of its tremendous false positive rate.
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With the high rates of breast cancer in Ohio and in Washington County, area hospitals are offering reduced rates for mammography exams this month as part of an effort to raise awareness of the disease.
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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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An "alarming" number of patients with suspected breast cancer wait too long for diagnosis, doctors warn.
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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 doing a biopsy.
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Older, less educated and lower-income women are less likely to get a mammogram even when their insurance pays for it, and those who go without mammograms are more likely not to be diagnosed with breast cancer until the disease has advanced, according to a
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Having to pay as little as $10 of a mammogram's cost leads many older women to skip the breast cancer exam, a large study of Medicare users finds.
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A new type of ultrasound was highly effective at determining whether lumps in the female breast were cancerous or harmless, U.S. researchers who conducted a small study said on Monday.
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Scientists in Australia say that a pregnant woman can have many ultrasounds without harming her baby - they say the scans will not undermine the baby&#39;s growth or development in early life.
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Nov. 29, 2004 -- Separating a lie from the truth may get easier, thanks to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Just ask Scott Faro, MD, director of Temple University&#39;s Functional Brain Imaging Center and Clinical MRI.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- Women age 50 and above who get screening mammograms every two years instead of annually may not face an increased risk of being diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer, a new study suggests.
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A recent study says doctors are performing too many unwarranted CT scans, exposing patients to cancer-causing radiation
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more accurate than mammography, ultrasound or clinical examination in detecting breast cancer in women with a hereditary risk for the disease, a study has found.
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Some women claim they don&#39;t have time to get a mammogram. Others believe that with no history of breast cancer in their families, they don&#39;t need one.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more effective than other screening methods for finding breast cancer in women whose genes leave them susceptible to the disease.
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Women whose breast cancer is detected by a mammography have a better prognosis than women whose cancer is detected through other means, a new study finds.
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Advances in imaging shed light on how the disease develops.