Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) President John Lewin, MD, discusses the types of supplemental breast imaging used to aid cancer detection in women with dense breast tissue.

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Experts compared the cortical thickness of three bones—the radius, tibia and second metatarsal—of 200 volunteers who had undergone prior bone mineral density measurements to evaluate the ultrasound method’s accuracy.

For this reason, these patients may need pointed guidance upon ED discharge lest cancers go undetected in early stages.  

MRI-directed contrast enhanced mammography could serve as a useful stand-alone or complimentary tool for biopsy planning when suspicious lesions are detected. 

Compared to the individuals without a history of smoking, both current and former smokers had thicker, weaker and heavier hearts.

Two branch chiefs with the cancer imaging program at NIH’s National Cancer Institute have produced a written commemoration to mark the golden anniversary of 1971’s National Cancer Act.

Clinicians injecting or aspirating joints of the upper extremities should know that imaging is a more precise guide to the target than palpation—and that ultrasound guidance offers potential advantages over aid from other imaging modalities.