Dear Women's Imaging Insider,
Dual-energy contrast-enhanced mammography could be a feasible screening alternative to breast MRI for women at high risk of cancer, according to researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. And that's good news, as breast MRI isn't always accessible or cost-effective.
Dr. Maxine Jochelson and colleagues investigated the viability of dual-energy contrast digital mammography, and compared its performance with that of conventional digital mammography and breast MRI in women with known breast cancer. They found the technique to be comparable to breast MRI and better than conventional digital mammography in terms of identifying cancer. But more research is needed before it could be used in screening. Click here to read more.
After you've finished the Insider Exclusive, which is available to you before the rest of our AuntMinnie.com members, find out what else is going on in the Women's Imaging Digital Community -- including recent news from RSNA 2012 in Chicago.
- Read what mammography experts Dr. László Tabár and Dr. Peter B. Dean have to say about a controversial study in the New England Journal of Medicine last month on the effectiveness of screening mammography.
- Discover why Chicago researchers think increased use of CT may boost breast cancer risk in younger women and those who receive repeat exams.
- Read how the screening mammography guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in 2009 have affected breast cancer screening rates.
- Learn why yearly screening breast ultrasound could benefit women with dense tissue.
- Find out why Mayo Clinic researchers believe that low-dose molecular breast imaging can outperform screening mammography in detecting cancer in women with dense breasts.
- Read why ultrasound beats mammography as the best imaging modality for initial evaluation of breast cancer in symptomatic women ages 30 to 39.
As always, if you have a comment, report, or article idea to share about any aspect of women's imaging, I invite you to contact me.
Happy holidays and best wishes for the coming year.
