Over the past eight years, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has been the focus of numerous blogs, including “To treat […]
Posts Tagged ‘Risk’
Investing in Cancer Detection
It is a sobering statistic – one out of every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. However, […]
“Extracting Information My Brain Cannot”
Constance Lehman is a radiologist who works at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston where she studies mammograms of healthy […]
Vaccine Causes Swollen Lymph Nodes
For the past six weeks, there has been a collective sigh of relief in the UK and USA as vaccines […]
Breast Density as a Predictor
When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, the axillary lymph nodes are sometimes removed surgically or treated by radiotherapy. […]
DIEurope Focuses on Breast Imaging
The October issue of Diagnostic Imaging Europe, coinciding with breast awareness month, has just been published and focuses on breast […]
Breast Screening and Radiation
One of the reasons why some women are reluctant to subject themselves to an annual mammogram is a concern that […]
Patients Held to Ransom
Imagine this scenario. You have just been diagnosed by your cardiologist with a heart arrhythmia and she advocates the implantation […]
Beneath the Hanging Rock
In 45 BC, the Roman philosopher Cicero referred to the “Sword of Damocles” and over time this parable has come to mean […]
ABUS Improves Risk Assessment
An important factor in predicting a woman’s risk for breast cancer is breast density. The method most commonly used to […]