Dear Women's Imaging Insider,
A new Irish study has identified a sharp rise in the number of women under 35 who were referred to a symptomatic breast clinic at a large tertiary hospital in Dublin over a four-year period.
The authors haven't speculated about the causes of this increase, but they believe their analysis reflects a wider trend and is having a major impact on the demand for imaging. To read more about their findings and to see two clinical cases that show the difficulties of diagnosing breast cancer in young women using ultrasound, go to today's news report.
Imaging of patients with dense breasts remains a topical issue across Europe and beyond. Novel research findings unveiled by a team from Lund, Sweden, are worth a close look in another article posted over the past week.
Another recent Swedish paper that caught our attention was about the Malmö Breast Tomosynthesis Screening Trial, a prospective, population-based trial with nearly 15,000 participating women. This trial involves comparing one-view digital breast tomosynthesis with two-view digital mammography in breast cancer screening.
Dr. Marc Lobbes, PhD, from Maastricht University in the Netherlands, is a recognized expert on breast radiology. What's his group focused on in their latest publication in the European Journal of Radiology? You can find out in this news report.
Prof. Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara, PhD, from Paris is another well-respected source in women's imaging. In a commentary, she's elaborated on why she thinks O-RADS MRI scoring is a robust, reproducible, and simple way to assess the risk of malignancy of an adnexal mass referred after ultrasound, but she also calls for further improvements.
This letter has highlighted several of the many articles posted over the past month or so in the Women's Imaging Community. Please take a close look at the full list below, and feel free to contact me if you have ideas for future coverage.
