When he was growing up in Budapest, Hungary, Peter Kecskemethy would spend time at one of the city’s largest hospitals […]
Posts Tagged ‘Screening’
Perceptions of Breast Cancer Risks
As we have previously reported, “dense breasts” refers to breasts that are composed of a greater proportion of fibrous and glandular […]
New WHO Roadmap for Breast Cancer
Last Saturday, 4 February 2023, marked World Cancer Day and, in advance of this annual event, the World Health Organization (WHO) released […]
GE HealthCare Spins Out
In a long-anticipated move, this past Wednesday GE spun out its healthcare division with a listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange. After […]
Focus on Breast Density
At the beginning of this year, we wrote an article entitled “Understanding Breast Density,” and then in September we highlighted “World Dense Breast Day.” […]
DBT and AI – What a Combination!
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) was approved by the FDA in 2011 as a screening modality for the early detection of […]
ABUS Firm Raises Another $30 Million
Delphinus Medical Technologies has just announced the closing of a $30 million investment to fast-track commercialisation of its SoftVue automated breast ultrasound […]
1.5 Billion Women Lack Health Screening
On Wednesday this week, Hologic released its second annual global women’s health index (GWHI), which provides a framework for achieving comprehensive progress. […]
New Director for National Cancer Institute
Fifteen years ago, when CapeRay was still being incubated within the University of Cape Town (UCT), we were awarded a […]
Reducing Breast Cancer Deaths in Low-Income Countries
Each year, 2.3 million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer, while there are 685,000 deaths. Two-thirds of these deaths occur in middle- and […]