Women typically are urged to start receiving regular mammograms at age 40, but some might need to start even sooner, experts say. Specific risk factors that increase risk of early breast cancer might prompt young women to consider getting screened earlier, said Dr. Michele Blackwood, director of breast surgery and women’s oncologic health at RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer...
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Would you prefer a mammogram, MRI, or saliva on a test strip?
This hand-held biosensor makes breast cancer screening fast, affordable, and accuratePeer-Reviewed Publication AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD USED IN THE SALIVA-BASED BIOSENSOR, WHICH CAN DETECT BREAST CANCER BIOMARKERS FROM EXTREMELY SMALL SALIVA SAMPLES IN ABOUT FIVE SECONDS, COSTS ABOUT $5. THE DESIGN USES WIDELY AVAILABLE COMPONENTS SUCH AS COMMON GLUCOSE TESTING STRIPS...
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Influence of visual hindsight bias in mammogram reading
SPIE–INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICS AND PHOTONICS IMAGE: EXPERT RADIOLOGISTS INTERPRET MAMMOGRAM IMAGE DETAILS AS BREAST CALCIFICATIONS OR ABNORMAL MASSES WITH VARYING DEGREES OF CONFIDENCE AND ACCURACY. HINDSIGHT BIAS PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE. CREDIT: SCHILL, GRAY, AND BRADY, DOI 10.1117/1.JMI.10.S1.S11910. “Hindsight is 20/20,” one often hears in the context of a tendency to evaluate past choices...
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Mammograms may provide clues about women’s risk for cardiovascular disease
by American Heart Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Routine mammograms may provide key insights for cardiovascular disease. Detection of breast arterial calcifications on breast mammograms was associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women, according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association journal....
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Is artificial intelligence about to transform the mammogram?
By Steven Zeitchik Yesterday at 7:00 a.m. EST When Regina Barzilay returned to work after her breast cancer leave seven years ago, she was struck by an unexpected thought. The MIT artificial-intelligence expert had just endured chemotherapy, two lumpectomies, and radiation at Massachusetts General Hospital, and all the brutal side effects that come along with...
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Reschedule your mammogram: COVID vaccine may lead to a harmless lump in your armpit
by Rik Thompson and Thomas Lloyd, The Conversation Credit: www.shutterstock.com Australian women are being asked to think about the timing of breast cancer screening as they prepare to receive their COVID vaccine. This is in light of US evidence that a normal consequence of COVID vaccination, temporary swelling of the lymph nodes in the armpit, may interfere with how doctors interpret...