Dear Women's Imaging Insider,
As questions are raised about the effectiveness of one-size-fits-all screening, breast imaging centers are being challenged to offer tailored services -- beyond imaging -- that take an individual's risk factors into account. One of these services is breast cancer risk assessment. But how can a busy center provide state-of-the-art risk assessment that's also actually doable?
For this edition's Insider Exclusive, we're highlighting a talk from the recent RSNA 2016 meeting in which presenter Mary Freivogel of Invision Sally Jobe in Denver described her center's process of establishing a systematic risk assessment program. Click here to learn about the six factors she says are crucial to success.
After you've finished our featured article, check out what else is going on in the Women's Imaging Community:
- Find out why some researchers think that BI-RADS 3 lesions found on ultrasound can be safely followed at 12 months, rather than six.
- Does screening with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) boost short-term follow-up rates? Researchers from Ohio State University say yes -- but it may be part of the learning curve when implementing DBT.
- Read why repeat fetal ultrasound screenings may be unnecessary.
- As part of our coverage of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, get the latest on global breast cancer mortality rates and why radiation therapy may complicate breast implant reconstruction.
- Which is better, risk-based or age-based breast cancer screening? Discover what University of Wisconsin researchers have to say about the question.
As always, if you have a comment, report, or article idea to share about any aspect of women's imaging, please contact me.
