Posts Tagged ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Month’
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Q&A with Dr. Patricia Krakos of Texas Radiology Associates
Dr. Patricia Krakos of Texas Radiology Associates, founding member of radiologist-owned alliance Collaborative Imaging, loves making a difference in people’s lives, especially women. This desire to help women began in 1992 when she started practicing breast imaging. This also means Dr. Krakos isn’t a stranger to breast cancer diagnosis, which has also affected her personal…
Read MoreBreast 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…
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