"Show and Tell" Images of Breast Cancer Survivors.  Breast cancer patients have told us in the past, they didn't know where they could look to find answers about changes following surgery. One place is in the book Show and Tell.  

Breast Cancer Screening.  Randomized clinical trials with mortality as an endpoint have confirmed that women undergoing screening mammography have significantly lower breast cancer mortality rates compared with women who do not.

 

Specific Fish Oils May Protect Against Breast Cancer. The consumption of higher levels of dietary marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) is associated with a 14% lower risk for breast cancer than lower levels of consumption. (Medscape password required)

Students' Device Aims to Avert Repeated Breast Cancer Surgeries. Johns Hopkins graduate students have designed a device to allow pathologists to quickly inspect excised breast tissue within 20 minutes, while the patient is still in the operating room.

Molecule considered to be a breast cancer indicator also has a protective function.

Breast Cancer Gene Testing: Most Moms Tell Kids Results. Most mothers who undergo genetic testing for breast cancer discuss the results with their children, a new study finds.

Part II of breast cancer series: Three women share their stories. If new diagnoses of invasive breast cancer were spread out over every hour of this year, it would mean every 3 minutes a U.S. woman or man would be given that news.

Breast Cancer: Is There a Risk Reduction Diet? Eating just one to two portions a week of salmon, sardines, mackerel, or other fish rich in marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids is associated with a 14% reduced risk of breast cancer in later life. 

Not-so topless skydiving raises funds for breast cancer group. A very Vegas take on Independence Day.

Night Work Again Tied to Breast Cancer Risk. Breast cancer risk was 2.21-fold higher with 30-plus years of night-shift work versus none in a general population sample.

Not All Breast Cancer Has a Lump. Inflammatory breast cancer is different from other breast cancers. 

10 Healthy Tips For Breast Cancer Treatment. A balanced approach involving body, mind and spirit.

Cancer survivor's strength inspires friends & others. From day one when she put on Facebook, 'I have breast cancer, but I'm fine.' And she meant it."

New Results for ESAs in Early Breast Cancer Reignite Debate. (Medscape password required.)

Hospitals have higher mammo recall rates than community sites. Recall rate is a common measure of performance in screening mammography. If recall rates are too low, it could mean that a site has lower sensitivity and is experiencing false negatives, whereas recall rates that are too high suggest more false positives.

The Gene that May Stop the Spread of Breast Cancer is Identified. The State University of New Jersey, shows that metastasis in breast cancer and the risk of death are reduced when the function of the gene HGMA2, is limited.

New Hope for Hormone Resistant Breast Cancer. Scientists have shown that a specific change, which occurs when tumours become resistant to anti-estrogen therapy, might make the cancers susceptible to treatment with chemotherapy drugs.

BRCA Testing Price Wars Underway; Senator Wants NIH Action. A US senator wrote a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that essentially sought to make sure that competition in BRCA testing flourishes and that the price of testing drops. (Medscape password required.)

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Cancer Survivors in Your Care: The ASCO Blueprint. Over the next 10 years, by 2022, the number of cancer survivors is expected to increase to nearly 18 million. (Medscape password required.)

Radiation from Airport Scanners: The Dose We Actually Get Is Low. A new report has found that people absorb less radiation from airport X-ray backscatter scanner than they do while standing in line waiting for the scan itself.

Can Genetics Predict Chemotherapy-Related Fatigue? This hypothesis has certainly been raised before -- that inflammation is related to fatigue[2] -- but the association with a genetic profile was a very important observation. (Medscape password required.)

Biomarker Predicts Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence After Tamoxifen Treatment. A biomarker reflecting expression levels of two genes in tumor tissue may be able to predict which women treated for estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer should receive a second estrogen-blocking medication after completing tamoxifen treatment.

Young Women And Breast Cancer. Why more women in their 20s face this life-changing diagnosis.

Women Who Give Birth to Multiple Babies After IVF Are at Higher Risk of Breast Cancer. Women who give birth to multiple babies following IVF treatment are at a higher risk of breast cancer than those giving birth to singletons or who remain childless.

Why Hormones Matter. Hormones are chemical messengers which travel through our blood and enter cells, tissues and organs where they turn on switches to the genetic machinery that regulate everything from reproduction to emotions, overall health and well being.

Top Reason Patients Sue Doctors. The most common reason patients give for suing their doctors is a delay or failure to diagnose a disease, such as cancer.

Should Radiologists be the Gatekeepers of Medical Imaging?  In the face of tighter guidelines and ultimately less leeway for physicians to order potentially superfluous tests, he calls on radiologists to be the ones who step forward and manage imaging utilization. But first, they need the power to do so.

Should Radiologists Get Paid for Reading Prior Studies?  I spend almost the same amount of time re-reading the case to be able to make a comparison to the prior study. This situation is particularly common in breast imaging. 

Image IQ: 81-year-old Screening Mammo Recalled Due to Mass - Review the images and choose the best course of action.

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