Dear Women's Imaging Insider,
Women's imaging is more than just mammography. Recent research has shown that while mammography is still the gold standard, other imaging modalities are proving themselves as being helpful for accompanying breast imaging. For ob/gyn imaging, that's another story.
At the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual meeting, researchers talked about the benefits of updated terminology when it comes to classifying abnormal vaginal bleeding. Read what AIUM presenters had to say about the new language being used in this edition's Insider Exclusive.
Also, body composition analysis on CT exams can identify ovarian cancer patients who are more likely to have complications related to chemotherapy. Find out what researchers at the ECR 2022 Overture had to say.
Meanwhile, breast MRI is preferred over contrast mammography as the main breast cancer screening option for intermediate-risk women. However, the latter method won some converts at the ECR 2022 Overture.
In mammography news, the Society of Breast Imaging made several revisions to its guidelines on managing axillary adenopathy in patients who recently received the COVID-19 vaccines. This includes no longer recommending delaying screening mammograms around vaccinations. Also, routine mammograms could help clinicians assess women's cardiovascular disease risk by identifying calcifications in breast arteries, according to a new study released this week.
Additionally, a Dutch team found that imaging studies investigating breast cancer comprise about one-fifth of all imaging studies and are published at a high rate. However, these cancers have less mortality impact on patients.
Plus, check out the following recent ultrasound stories:
- Breast imaging and breast radiologists could benefit from on-demand microlearning.
- A Swiss team found that women who live in areas with less gender equality are at higher risk of not being on schedule for screening mammograms or not having them at all.
- Breast cancer overdiagnosis occurs at about half the rate seen in widely cited estimates, Duke University researchers found.
- A New York University team found that the COVID-19 pandemic led to fewer mammograms and fewer breast cancer treatments, including surgery and reconstruction.
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