Dear Women's Imaging Insider,
Breast cancer screening is making the headlines again. The National Health Service (NHS) in England has announced the start of a major overhaul of its current approach to screening, and this development has added new momentum to the debate over how to optimize the service.
Two long-term advocates of screening, Drs. László Tabár and Peter B. Dean, have given their opinion on the announcement by NHS England. To find out more, click here.
Some important new research has been published about ultrasound's effectiveness for further assessing masses found on screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). The findings suggest that a diagnostic mammogram after screening DBT is unnecessary, thus sparing women additional radiation exposure. Click here for the full story.
Breast imaging was also a hot topic at the RSNA 2018 meeting in Chicago. At a special session on radiology in the Nordic countries, the head of Copenhagen's breast screening program elaborated on the Danish approach to screening and how quality is maximized. To learn more, click here.
More than one-fifth of women have breast tissue considered to be heterogeneously or extremely dense, so a Spanish study looking at the impact of breast density on the screening performance of digital mammography is bound to generate plenty of attention. Check out the group's findings by clicking here.
In an investigation of nearly 2,000 breast MRI exams, Italian researchers prospectively evaluated second-look ultrasound using volume navigation for MRI-detected additional breast lesions. What were their key findings? For the details, click here.
This letter features only a few of the news reports posted over the past few weeks in the Women's Imaging Community. Please scroll through the full list of our coverage below.
