A recent breakthrough development in medical imaging has been the emergence of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) devices, especially those systems that […]
Posts Tagged ‘DCIS’
Watching Breast Cancer Cells Form
Imagine if it was possible for a surgeon, when operating on a patient with breast cancer, to insert a microscope […]
DCIS in Review
Over the past eight years, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has been the focus of numerous blogs, including “To treat […]
Phase-Contrast Imaging and Breast Surgery
One of the challenges facing a surgeon when excising a malignant tumour from a patient’s breast is whether the entire […]
Cost of Breast Cancer
New research from the American Cancer Society, just published in JAMA Oncology, found that in 2015, 8.7 million years of life were […]
Tomosynthesis vs Ultrasound in Dense Breasts
A research group based at the University of Genoa in Italy is known by its acronym ASTOUND, which stands for Adjunct […]
An Innovative Breast Scanner
A major hurdle facing developing countries when contemplating a breast screening programme, is that current technologies – such as digital […]
The False-Negative Conundrum
As we have highlighted previously, a false-negative finding – where a tumour is missed during breast cancer screening – can have devastating […]
A Pill to ‘Light Up’ Breast Cancer
Breast cancer normally develops either in the ducts – the tiny tubes that carry milk to the nipple – or the lobules […]
The Future of Breast Screening?
Imagine a technology that was the size of a shoebox, did not use ionizing radiation, did not require breast compression, […]