War on Breast Cancer: New Study
MRI Philips by jan ainali via Wikimedia Commons Copyright Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License With cancer treatment, the goal is to kill or remove every cancer cell while leaving all the...
View ArticleWhat is Hyperplasia?
When you have a breast biopsy, you may expect results of either no cancer (in the great majority of cases!) or cancer. It may surprise you to know that there may be a variety of other things diagnosed...
View ArticleRadiation and Risk: Head Shoulders Knees and Toes…
Crookes tube xray experiment by Wiliam J. Morton via Wikimedia Commons Copyright Public Domain As radiologists, we deal with radiation daily. We can image patients with x-rays from their head to their...
View ArticleBreast Implant Ruptures
Breast implants in hand 01 by FDA via Wikimedia Commons Copyright Public Domain While we’ve covered the issue of breast imaging and breast implants (just a few times), we haven’t addressed other issues...
View ArticleBreast MRI After Breast Cancer
An image from a screening MRI breast in a patient with lumpectomy changes from prior breast cancer in the left breast. One of the ways we try to gain understanding about the confusing and frustrating...
View ArticleNew Study on Breast MRIs: The Takeaways
According to a recent study, published in the American Journal of Roentgenology, preoperative breast MRIs can spell good things for women about to undergo breast surgery. What do you need to know...
View ArticleThe Long Road to Early Detection: Breast MRI and Accessibility
While we fight daily for the health of women through early detection, one of the barriers to care is access. The affordability quotient plays a role, but so does geography. In a recent study...
View Article2 Reasons for a Breast MRI
#161006160 / gettyimages.com Just as with mammography, breast MRI can be divided into screening and diagnostic exams – screening breast MRI is used to evaluate women with elevated risk of breast...
View ArticleNew Study: Breast Biopsies Are Getting Better!
No one likes needles. Okay, there are perhaps a few colorfully tattooed people who say they don’t mind them… but who actually really loves needles? Not us. Unless they are used to save lives. You may...
View ArticleMRI Breast UPDATE!
We are always watching for news when it comes to women’s imaging and in particular breast imaging. We found a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, showing that we may be getting...
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