Dear Women's Imaging Insider,
Breast-conserving therapies such as lumpectomy and radiation give women with breast cancer less invasive, and often quite effective, ways to treat the disease. But these therapies do not leave women immune to potentially cancerous changes in normal-appearing breast tissue that increase the chance of local recurrence.
This month's Women's Imaging Digital Community Insider brings you findings from researchers at the University of California, San Francisco that suggest that using MRI to evaluate the area surrounding a tumor can improve a woman's prognosis and prevent recurrence. Click here to read more. As a Women's Imaging Insider, you have access to the article well before the rest of our members.
As for other news in women's imaging, find out whether an apparent decline in the mammography screening rate in women over 40 has ramifications for the Medicare population; learn more about whether full-field digital mammography (FFDM) is really a good financial risk; and check out the latest research on how sensitive short-interval follow-up mammograms are for lesions characterized as "probably benign."
As always, if you have a comment, report, or article idea to share about any aspect of women's imaging, please feel free to contact me at [email protected].
