From: news-medical.net Siemens has developed a system for digital mammography that matches your demands: MAMMOMAT Inspiration. This mammography platform for screening, diagnostics, stereotactic biopsy, and 3D tomosynthesis allows for one or all applications on a modular basis. The design of MAMMOMAT Inspiration is one of a kind. Its smooth round shapes and clear lines are emphasized by the soothing cover …
Tomosynthesis vs. Mammography: How Do They Differ?
From: Healthline.com Overview Tomosynthesis is an imaging or X-ray technique that can be used to screen for early signs of breast cancer in women with no symptoms. This type of imaging can also be used as a diagnostic tool for women that are having breast cancer symptoms. Tomosynthesis is an advanced type of mammography. A tomosynthesis takes multiple images of the breast. …
No Benefit From Routine Thyroid Cancer Screening?
By: Robert Preidt From: webmd.com Doctors should not screen for thyroid cancer in patients who have no symptoms of the disease, according to a U.S. Preventive Services Task Force draft recommendation. It reaffirms a recommendation issued 20 years ago. Thyroid cancer is rare in the United States. In 2016, an estimated 64,300 new cases will be diagnosed, representing 3.8 percent …
Breast cancer beyond the sound bite
By: Debra Johnson From: detroitnews.com While most news clips and sound bites you’ll hear this month focus on screening and early detection, those steps are often just the beginning of a life-altering journey. It’s also important that you know the side effects of treatment and options for breast reconstruction. Patients must be proactive. Demand a cardiovascular ultrasound — also known …
Cervical cancer can possibly be eliminated
By: Roli Srivastava From: hindu.com Cervical cancer has the possibility of elimination and can be eradicated from many countries in the world in four to five decades, said Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan, Special Advisor on cancer control and head of screening group with the World Health Organisation (WHO), at the Asia-Oceania Research Organisation in Genital Infection and Neoplasia (AOGIN) conclave held …
Stop stalling: Screening can spot colorectal cancer before it’s too late
By: Danielle Braff From: journaltimes.com Just a few weeks after she turned 17, Danielle Burgess was diagnosed with colon cancer. Burgess had been noticing blood in her stool for several years, but she shrugged it off after consulting Dr. Google and self-diagnosing hemorrhoids. By the time she went to the doctor to have a colonoscopy, she was diagnosed with Stage …