California Governor Jerry Brown recently vetoed bill SB 791 that would have mandated medical providers to notify women if they have dense breast tissue. Brown stated he was not comfortable with language in the proposal that required women be told they might benefit from more screening.
Read MoreHospitals across the country are hosting events this month to raise awareness about the importance of early detection of breast cancer. Last week I had the opportunity to attend the 18th annual breast cancer education event hosted by Highland Hospital’s Breast Imaging Center here in Rochester.
Read More Used correctly and regularly, studies have proven that screening is a key tool in the early detection of breast cancer. Early detection enhances a woman’s chances for survival. Film-screen mammography has a deep heritage and long been the gold standard for breast cancer screening. While more
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I am sure you have been disturbed by the media report questioning the value of mammography screening, based on a "publication" in BMJ, therefore I would like to give you a very simple and easily understandable way of looking at the issue. You are one
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I recently talked with Dr. Michael Linver, X-Ray Associates of New Mexico, about the upcoming 15th Annual Mammography Course in Santa Fe, NM, August 8-12. I've spoken before about the importance of continued education and this breast imaging event gives attendees hands on screening opportunity. During the
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29 years after researchers began a study of 130,000 women in Sweden, they’ve reported that regular mammograms reduce breast cancer deaths and the number of lives saved goes up with each year of screening. Over the same years, the technology used to screen women has
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It’s not every day that you can do something that’s good for your patients, good for your career, and good for your spirit. Attending the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) Postgraduate Course, May 18-21, 2011, just may be one of those times. This biennial program—which alternates
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At our facility, every woman who has a mammogram gets an immediate diagnosis as part of her office visit. We believe in delivering real-time results because it eases our patients’ fears. Many come in for a mammogram because a friend or family member has been
Read More Tracking mammography outcome data has changed dramatically over the last 30 years. We used to simply ask… benign or malignant, how small and what type? This level of generality in mammography screening is long gone. In its wake, we have dozens, even hundreds, of data points
Read MoreGuest post: Emily Crane, Research Director, KLAS Recently Newsweek ran a story proposing that digital mammography has no added benefit to plain film mammography for women 65 years of age and upward. I had a very strong emotional reaction to this story initially given the large
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