Womens Imaging

Breast texture patterns on mammo may predict cancer risk in dense breasts
By Amerigo Allegretto
Radiomic phenotypes found on mammography may be linked to elevated breast cancer risk in women with dense breasts.
May 13, 2025
Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) images in a 52-year-old woman show a high-risk phenotype (top), and FFDM images in a 58-year-old woman show a low-risk phenotype (bottom). The high-risk phenotype was defined by having high values of the first principal component (PC1) and was assigned to cluster 3 (top row), and the low-risk phenotype was defined by having low values of the PC1 and was assigned to cluster 1 (bottom row). The index images (left side; before any diagnosis of cancer) are provided as well as follow-up images obtained at either the time of cancer diagnosis (for the high-risk phenotype, top right) or at the last follow-up (low-risk phenotype, bottom right). The red circle indicates the location of subsequent breast cancer. Both women had a BI-RADS breast density of C. The woman at high risk for breast cancer was Black and the woman at low risk for breast cancer was white.
Video from ISMRM: Katja Pinker lauds the many benefits of breast MRI
By Kate Madden Yee
In an interview with AuntMinnie, Katja Pinker, MD, PhD, offered an overview of current techniques and protocols for breast MRI.
May 11, 2025
Katja Interview
Komen rails against proposed federal cuts to women's health program
By Amerigo Allegretto
Susan G. Komen is warning of proposed federal budget cuts to a program that helps breast and cervical cancer patients get proper care.
May 9, 2025
Mammography Breast Ipad Patient 400
Cancer incidence on rise in younger people, women
By Amerigo Allegretto
Early-onset cancer incidence trends are rising among younger people, and women carry more of the burden.
May 8, 2025
Cancer Cell Target 400
About half of women undecided on AI's use in breast imaging
By Amerigo Allegretto
The jury is out on AI use in breast imaging, but women with a higher education and more health literacy are more likely to welcome it.
May 7, 2025
Breast Computer Monitor Mammogram
Ultrafast breast MRI's advantages may need to be reconsidered
By Amerigo Allegretto
Ultrafast MRI fell short of expectations when compared to DCE-MRI in terms of lesion conspicuity and classification.
May 6, 2025
Images depict axial MRI scans in a 50-year-old premenopausal female patient with biopsy-proven 12-mm invasive lobular cancer in the lower outer quadrant of the left breast. Upper images are subtracted dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI scans from the first and second postcontrast acquisitions. Lower images are ultrafast MRI scans obtained within 24 hours after the DCE study (four consecutive subtracted dynamic frames from time points [T] 6–9). There is marked background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on the DCE MRI scans. Thus, the known cancer (arrow) is barely visible; it exhibits only slightly stronger enhancement than the normal fibroglandular tissue, which results in low conspicuity. At ultrafast MRI there is less BPE, and still the cancer is barely visible because it starts to enhance simultaneously with the BPE. The conspicuity of the cancer is even reduced compared with the DCE series. Both of the readers missed this cancer on both the DCE and ultrafast MRI scans.
ARRS: Cancer status should be considered for axillary breast ultrasound
By Amerigo Allegretto
Research shown at ARRS 2025 found that breast cancer status and exam indication should be considered when reading axillary ultrasound exams.
May 5, 2025
Ultrasound Breast 400
ARRS: Breast RT doesn't impact presence of breast arterial calcifications
By Kate Madden Yee
May 2, 2025
Thumbnail 71 Year Old Patient With History Of Left Breast Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Mindul Thumbnail
ARRS: Get involved with breast health advocacy
By Amerigo Allegretto
At ARRS 2025, Amy Patel, MD, discussed the need for advocacy to drive legislation on insurance coverage for women with dense breasts.
May 2, 2025
In her ARRS 2025 presentation, Amy Patel, MD, discussed ways that radiologists can be proactive in influencing legislation that addresses breast density. These include working with elected officials and joining medical societies, among others.
ARRS: Most women under 40 have no imaging before breast cancer diagnosis
By Amerigo Allegretto
Most young women who are diagnosed with breast cancer had no prior imaging performed.
May 1, 2025
At ARRS 2025, Dana Kong from Case Western Reserve University presented on breast cancer trends among women aged 40 years and younger. Among her team's findings, young women who had imaging prior to their cancer diagnosis had higher receptor status and underwent surgery more frequently than those with no prior imaging.
Multidisciplinary breast cancer care improves time-to-treatment
By Amerigo Allegretto
Multidisciplinary breast cancer care improves time-to-treatment at safety net hospitals.
May 1, 2025
Patient Doctor Women
ARRS: Mobile mammo boosts breast screening, but no-show rate still high
By Amerigo Allegretto
Free mobile screening mammography improves breast screening access for uninsured women, but doesn't lead to follow-up adherence.
April 30, 2025
Breast Screening Van 400 (1)
Page 1 of 686
Next Page