Breast Cancer Awareness: Q&A with Dr. Michael Mishra of Texas Radiology Associates
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and the second leading cause of death in women. With 12% of the female population in the United States encountering breast cancer during her lifetime, it couldn’t be stressed enough that the next best thing to an “all clear” is early detection. And overall, mammography remains…
Read MoreBreast Cancer Awareness Month: Q&A with Dr. Daniel Shekleton of Raleigh Radiology
Breast cancer is the number one cancer detected in women, with one in eight women affected. Everyone knows someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer: a mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, friend or coworker. Dr. Daniel Shekleton of Raleigh Radiology, which is a member of the radiologist-owned alliance Collaborative Imaging, is no different. After his mother was…
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence for Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Sensitive But Not Specific
Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a machine-learning system that confirms breast cancer diagnoses made by radiologists, a recent paper in JAMA Network Open reports. Skilled diagnosticians differ in their interpretation of radiographic images of different forms of cancer. Concordance among physicians, in recent research…
Read MoreNew Study Finds that Mammography Is Beneficial for Men at Higher Risk for Breast Cancer
While there are no formal recommendations as to mammography screening for high-risk men, a recently released 12-year study by Dr. Gao, published in the journal, Radiology, suggests that men at high-risk for breast cancer would benefit from mammography screening. What characteristics define a man as being at high risk for breast cancer? There are several…
Read MoreContrast-Enhanced Digital Mammography: Offering Patients High Sensitivity and Reliable Specificity
Around the globe, breast cancer remains the most common form of cancer in women. In 2018, 2,088,849 women received a breast cancer diagnosis, this number equals more than 25 percent of all the cancers diagnosed in women for that year (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer). Diagnosing breast cancer is the first step in treatment; however, even…
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