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Fewer Breast Cancer Cases Between Screening Rounds with 3-D Mammography Getty Images April 9, 2021 — 3-D mammography reduces the number of breast cancer cases diagnosed in the period between routine screenings, when compared with traditional mammography, according to a large study from Lund University in Sweden. The results are published in the journal  "Our results indicate that 3-D mammography, or digital breast tomosynthesis, possibly detects cancers that would otherwise have been diagn...

Simple MRI Measurement Could Avoid 30% of Breast Biopsies Scientific findings are instantly applicable in clinical practice March 9, 2021 — Breast cancer is the most common fatal cancer in women. Early detection increases a womans chances of recovery. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an accurate technique for detecting and classifying tumors in breast tissue. However, it sometimes causes "false alarms", thus requiring further investigation (biopsy) and in some cases even resulting in so...

Use of Breast MRI Screening in Women With Dense Breasts Interview with Professor Christiane Kuhl, M.D., director of radiology, University Hospital Aachen, Germany, on the use of MRI breast screenings A comparison of standard mammography imaging (left) in a woman with dense breasts and a breast MRI imaging study (right) showing a clearly defined cancer and is extremely hard to detect on the mammograms. Images from Christiane Kuhl, M.D. Dense breast tissue can hide cancers in mammograms in about...