A total of 17 states have enacted legislation requiring private insurers to cover DBT exams, which has resulted in it being more widely recommended by radiologists. 

More than a dozen states have required private payers to cover digital breast tomosynthesis, producing a $39 decrease in average price for the exam. 

TMIST just recently reached 65,000 participants, surpassing the halfway mark toward its current goal of 128,905, organizers announced recently. 

The uncertainty among respondents occurred, despite all receiving their mammograms in facilities with density notifications, according to new research.

Accredited U.S. programs have reported sizable monthly screening deficits for lung, breast, and colorectal cancer, researchers reported recently. 

Financial terms were not disclosed, but the two said the funds will fuel future expansion of its AI-based products, used for reading, reporting and processing images.

The bills update the ages at which insurance carriers are required to cover screening mammograms and add language that includes tomosynthesis in the definition of mammographic screening.

Researchers are recommending a multi-modal approach to breast density education after survey results found that a "one size fits all" method fails many women.