MDsave Launches Discounted Mammogram Campaign
MDsave, the healthcare services platform connecting providers, employers, and patients to transactable healthcare, has launched its annual campaign to reduce the cost of 2D and 3D screening mammograms.
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MITA Urges USPSTF to Enhance Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines
The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) has submitted comments to United States Preventive Services Task Force on its draft recommendation on breast cancer screening.
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Black and Ashkenazi Jewish Women Urged to Undergo Breast Cancer Risk Assessment by 25
New American College of Radiology breast cancer screening guidelines now call for all women—particularly Black and Ashkenazi Jewish women—to have risk assessment by age 25 to determine if screening earlier than age 40 is needed.
High Costs Limit Diagnostic Imaging Use
Higher out-of-pocket costs for follow-up procedures after abnormal mammograms lead to lower utilization of subsequent diagnostic imaging, according to a Neiman Health Policy Institute study.
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FDA Updates Mammography Regulations for Breast Density and Detection
The U.S. FDA has updated mammography regulations under the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) to require facilities to notify patients about breast density, strengthen enforcement, and assist interpreting physicians in evaluating mammograms to improve breast cancer detection, with the changes to be implemented within 18 months.
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Radiotherapy for Older Patients Does Not Improve Survival Rates: Study
New research suggests that radiotherapy does not improve survival rates for older patients in the early stages of breast cancer. The addition of radiotherapy alongside breast-conserving surgery and hormone therapy一the current standard treatment一made no difference to the death rates for patients 65 years or older, researchers say.
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Breast Cancer Risk Models May Incorrectly Classify Many Women
Breast cancer risk estimates for individual women vary substantially depending on which risk assessment model is used, and women are likely receiving vastly different recommendations depending on the model used and the cutoff applied to define “high risk.”
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Predicting DCIS Upgrade to Invasive Cancer at Breast Surgery with Ultrafast Imaging
According to a new study, ultrafast MRI provides beneficial information that can be used in surgical planning, including determining the need to perform sentinel lymph node biopsy.
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