Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota have just published a paper in the British Journal of Radiology entitled “Masses in […]
Posts Tagged ‘Density’
A Day to Celebrate
Yesterday, 8 November 2018, marked the 123rd anniversary of the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen. It has been […]
It’s All About Speed
One of the challenges when imaging the breast is to distinguish benign lesions from those that are malignant. With ultrasound, […]
An Outward Selling Mission to the Middle East
On Monday 1st October, Arab News published a front-page story on breast cancer, stating that women in the Middle East remain reluctant […]
NCI Launches Plans for 2020
A decade ago, when CapeRay was still being incubated within the University of Cape Town (UCT), we were successful in […]
Reducing Breast Density
It is well established that women with dense breast tissue (seen at right) have an increased risk – of four- to six-fold […]
What a Great Idea!
Not too many people know that the world’s first digital laser was invented in South Africa, or that in the 1980s two […]
Seeing the Light
At a congress hosted last week by the Optical Society of America in Florida, researchers from the Politecnico of Milan in Italy presented a […]
A Review of Breast Imaging
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Breast Screening Programme in the UK and, to mark the occasion, the Royal […]
Obesity and Breast Cancer Risk
Obesity – a condition in which a person has an unhealthy amount of body fat – is often measured using […]