Radiology - Breast
Cost-effective analysis suggests incorporating baseline breast density at 40 years to determine the frequency of screening in women at average risk for breast cancer
10 Feb, 2021 | 01:37h | UTCIncorporating Baseline Breast Density When Screening Women at Average Risk for Breast Cancer: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Screening based on breast density at age 40 may reduce breast cancer mortality – ACP Internist AND Screening strategy based on baseline breast density at age 40 may be effective for reducing breast cancer mortality – American College of Physicians AND For Mammography: Baseline at 40 Makes Sense – Diagnostic Imaging
Commentary on Twitter
New research led by @TinaShihHSR of @MDAndersonNews found screening strategy based on baseline breast density at age 40 may be effective and cost-effective for reducing #breastcancer mortality https://t.co/9f0P7CSCmD. pic.twitter.com/PemE8XVSqr
— Annals of Int Med (@AnnalsofIM) February 9, 2021
PET imaging reveals which breast cancer patients won’t respond to hormone therapy
10 Feb, 2021 | 01:09h | UTC
COVID-19 vaccine-linked adenopathies could mimic breast malignancies
2 Feb, 2021 | 01:17h | UTCCOVID-19 Vaccine-Linked Adenopathies Could Mimic Breast Malignancies – Diagnostic Imaging
Original Study: Unilateral axillary Adenopathy in the setting of COVID-19 vaccine – Clinical Imaging
Commentaries on Twitter
Important for radiologists to consider vaccine induced hyperplastic adenopathy in unilateral axillary adenopathy seen on #breastimaging post #COVID19Vaccine #COVID19
Read here https://t.co/7IizHgIzU0@NishiMehtaMD @KatiaDodelzon @KemiMDRad @WCMRadiology @BreastImaging
— Clinical Imaging (@CI_Journal) January 19, 2021
The COVID-19 vaccine may cause swollen lymph nodes that could be mistaken for breast malignancies. However, it's important not to postpone your vaccine or breast cancer screenings, researchers from @WCMRadiology and @WCMBreastCenter say. https://t.co/jLuVbA2rXL
— Weill Cornell Medicine (@WeillCornell) January 22, 2021
Consensus statement recommends individualizing surveillance mammography for older patients after treatment for early-stage breast cancer
1 Feb, 2021 | 01:33h | UTCCommentaries: First Mammography Guidelines Released for Older Breast Cancer Survivors – Diagnostic Imaging AND New Surveillance Mammography Screening Guidelines Issued for Breast Cancer Survivors Aged 75 and Older – The ASCO Post