Dear Women's Imaging Insider,
The arrival of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) in 2000 was widely seen as a step forward for women's imaging. But researchers are still trying to quantify the exact benefits of digital versus analog, especially in large-scale screening programs.
Spanish researchers shed some light on the picture this month with a large-scale research study of more than 100,000 women in a national screening program. The study focused on the differences between the two techniques, particularly in the types of abnormalities detected and their different recall rates.
You can read all about it, as well as digital mammography's ability to pick up that tricky beast, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), by clicking here.
While mammography is the mainstay of women's imaging, that's not all you'll find in our Women's Imaging Digital Community.
Read about how:
- An intraoperative radiation therapy technique administered as a boost during breast surgery provides outstanding tumor control outcomes.
- Combining 3-tesla MRI with mammography accelerates clinical workflow and boosts diagnostic accuracy.
- Computer-aided detection (CAD) software detects more cancers but also provides more false-positive findings.
In the community you'll also find out why ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy is quickly becoming physicians' first choice when performing a biopsy for breast lesions. Plus a whole lot more.
After scouring our community, let me know if we missed something. Are we not covering something you think we should? Are we covering a certain topic too much? Feel free to drop me a line and let me know.
