At the beginning of 2020, we highlighted the story of Theranos, manufacturer of a “revolutionary” blood testing system that was supposedly able […]
Professor and Entrepreneur
Twenty years ago, I published a commentary entitled “The professor as entrepreneur” in which I reflected on my decade as an academic […]
Honeybee Venom Kills Breast Cancer Cells
Apitherapy is a branch of alternative medicine dating back thousands of years, in which honeybee products – such as pollen, propolis, […]
Battle of the Algorithms
Screening healthy women with full-field digital mammography (FFDM) is considered the gold standard for the early detection and successful treatment […]
Treatment is on Target
Radiation therapy or radiotherapy is a treatment that employs ionising radiation to kill malignant cancer cells and is usually delivered by a […]
Breast Screening and Radiation
One of the reasons why some women are reluctant to subject themselves to an annual mammogram is a concern that […]
Panning for Gold
The title for today’s blog has been adapted from an editorial highlighting a paper that appeared this week in Science Translational Medicine, […]
DBT vs FFDM – Again
In a recent paper published in JAMA Network Open, Kathryn Lowry (seen right) asked the question: Does screening performance of digital breast […]
The Next Unicorn
In the business world, a “unicorn” is the term used to indicate that a privately held startup company has a […]
A Quiz with a Difference
The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) is traditionally held in Vienna each year during the second or third week of […]