Breast Density

Breast density, or fibroglandular density, is found through breast imaging and compares the amount of fat to the amount of tissue.

Researchers said women who skip even one scheduled mammography screening before a breast cancer diagnosis face a significantly higher risk of dying from the cancer.
News | Mammography
Skipping Mammogram Increases Risk of Death from Breast Cancer

March 3, 2021 — Attendance at regular mammography screening substantially reduces the risk of dying from breast cancer ...

Time March 03, 2021
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55-year-old woman who underwent screening mammogram and ultrasound 7 days after first COVID-19 vaccination dose. Screening mammogram and US demonstrated unilateral left axillary lymph node with cortical thickness of 5 mm on ultrasound (not shown). BI-RADS category 0 was assigned. Ultrasound from diagnostic work-up performed 7 days later showed no change in lymph node size. BI-RADS 3 was assigned. #COVIDvaccine #COVID19
News | Breast Imaging
COVID-19 Vaccination Axillary Adenopathy Detected During Breast Imaging

February 24, 2021 — An open-access article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) describes the clinical and ...

Time February 24, 2021
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Breast Cancer Index added to National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines to predict benefit from extended endocrine therapy
News | Women's Health
Hologic Completes Acquisition of Biotheranostics, Enabling Entry into Growing Oncology Market

February 23, 2021 — Hologic, Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of molecular oncology leader ...

Time February 23, 2021
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Screening strategy based on baseline breast density at age 40 may be effective and cost-effective for reducing breast cancer mortality
News | Breast Density
Risk-based Breast Cancer Screening

February 10, 2021 — A mammography screening strategy based on a baseline breast density measure at age 40 may be the ...

Time February 10, 2021
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Comparison of breast cancer mortality rates (red squares) and distant-stage breast cancer incidence rates from SEER9 (blue dots) and SEER18 (green dots) per 100,000 for white women aged, A, 20–39, B, 40–69, and, C, 70–79 years (3,7,8).
News | Breast Imaging
Breast Cancer Death Rates Stop Declining in Younger Women

February 10, 2021 — Breast cancer death rates have stopped declining for women in the U.S. younger than age 40, ending a ...

Time February 10, 2021
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Volpara Health, a health technology software company whose integrated breast care platform assists in the delivery of personalized patient care, announced the acquisition of CRA Health, LLC, a breast cancer risk assessment company spinoff from Massachusetts General Hospital — a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital.
News | Breast Imaging
Volpara Acquires Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Company CRA Health, LLC.

February 2, 2021 — Volpara Health, a health technology software company whose integrated breast care platform assists in ...

Time February 02, 2021
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A nationwide panel of experts has developed the first mammography guidelines for older survivors of breast cancer, providing a framework for discussions between survivors and their physicians on the pros and cons of screening in survivors' later years.
News | Mammography
First Mammography Screening Guidelines Issued for Older Survivors of Breast Cancer

January 29, 2021 — A nationwide panel of experts has developed the first mammography guidelines for older survivors of ...

Time January 29, 2021
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Hologic, Inc. announced the expansion of its ultrasound portfolio with the launch of the new SuperSonic MACH 20 ultrasound system
News | Ultrasound Imaging
Hologic Expands Ultrasound Portfolio to Address Full Spectrum of Imaging Needs

January 29, 2021— Hologic, Inc. announced the expansion of its ultrasound portfolio with the launch of the new ...

Time January 29, 2021
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The four standard views of an individual mammogram were fed into Mirai. The image encoder mapped each view to a vector, and the image aggregator combined the four view vectors into a single vector for the mammogram. In this work, we used a single shared ResNet-18 as an image encoder, and a transformer as our image aggregator. The risk factor predictor module predicted all the risk factors used in the Tyrer-Cuzick model, including age, detailed family history, and hormonal factors, from the mammogram vector.
News | Breast Imaging
Mammogram-based Breast Cancer Risk Model Could Lead to Better Screening Guidelines

January 28, 2021 — A new machine learning algorithm based on mammograms can estimate the risk of breast cancer in women ...

Time January 28, 2021
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Radiologists have recently taken on the role of activists and are tackling pressing issues in healthcare, including breast density
Feature | Women's Health | By Fazila Seker, Ph.D.
Stepping Up to the Big Issues

Radiologists — who have long been professionals in the metaphorical and literal back-rooms of healthcare — have recently ...

Time January 20, 2021
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Solis Mammography, the nation’s largest independent provider of breast health and diagnostic services, announced that it has expanded its state-of-the-art multimodality medical imaging capabilities in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC through the acquisition of Progressive Radiology.
News | Breast Imaging
Solis Mammography Announces the Acquisition of Progressive Radiology

January 15, 2021 — Solis Mammography, the nation’s largest independent provider of breast health and diagnostic services ...

Time January 15, 2021
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A targeted intervention providing mammograms to hospitalized Medicaid patients can help patients complete overdue breast cancer screening
News | Mammography
Inpatient Mammograms Can Reduce Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening Rates

January 14, 2021 — Completing cancer screening tests, such as mammograms, can be challenging for low-income people, who ...

Time January 14, 2021
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DB-I website features new educational tools and streamlined user experience to improve access to medically sourced breast density content
News | Breast Density
DenseBreast-info Launches Updated Website

January 13, 2021 — DenseBreast-info.org (DB-I) invites health providers seeking the most up-to-date medically-sourced ...

Time January 13, 2021
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World-first techniques for predicting breast cancer risk from mammograms that were developed in Melbourne could revolutionise breast screening by allowing it to be tailored to women at minimal extra cost
News | Mammography
New Mammogram Measures of Breast Cancer Risk Could Revolutionize Screening

January 6, 2021 — World-first techniques for predicting breast cancer risk from mammograms that were developed in ...

Time January 06, 2021
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Transaction accelerates Hologic’s entry into oncology growth market, provides new lab capabilities
News | Breast Imaging
Hologic to Acquire Biotheranostics, Leader in Molecular Tests for Breast and Metastatic Cancers

January 6, 2021 — Hologic, Inc., a global leader in women's health, announced today that it has agreed to acquire ...

Time January 06, 2021
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Deal further expands Hologic’s portfolio of world-class breast health solutions addressing the full continuum of care
News | Breast Imaging
Hologic to Acquire SOMATEX, Leader in Biopsy Site Markers and Localization Technologies

January 4, 2021 — Hologic, Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of SOMATEX Medical Technologies GmbH, a ...

Time January 04, 2021
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Smart Breast Corporation (SmartBreast), a privately held company focused on breast cancer screening and detection, announced today that it has acquired certain molecular breast imaging (MBI) assets from Dilon Technologies, Inc. (Dilon) for an undisclosed amount.
News | Breast Imaging
SmartBreast Acquires Molecular Breast Imaging Assets from Dilon Technologies

January 4, 2021 — Smart Breast Corporation (SmartBreast), a privately held company focused on breast cancer screening ...

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Volpara Health announced two new research studies using AI-powered software to score breast density objectively and consistently to evaluate its impact in mammography and breast cancer risk assessment.
News | Breast Density
Volpara Health's AI-powered Breast Density Software Central to New Breast Density Studies

December 30, 2020 — Volpara Health announced two new research studies using AI-powered software to score breast density ...

Time December 30, 2020
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The American College of Radiology (ACR), Society of Breast Imaging (SBI), patient advocates and others secured an extension of the moratorium on harmful 2009 and 2016 United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines from Dec. 31, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2022.
News | Breast Imaging
Mammography Protections in Year-end Legislation Help Efforts to Address Breast Cancer Care Disparities

December 29, 2020 — The American College of Radiology (ACR), Society of Breast Imaging (SBI), patient advocates and ...

Time December 29, 2020
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According to recent studies, an increase in the COVID-19 positivity rate correlates to an increase in mortality from non-coronavirus-related diseases. This includes breast cancer, and researchers believe fear of contracting the virus compels patients to stay home instead of completing their post-lumpectomy radiotherapy regimens.
News | Radiation Therapy
Single-Dose Radiation Therapy Can Counteract Serious Breast Cancer Treatment Compliance Issues During Pandemic

December 21, 2020 — According to recent studies, an increase in the COVID-19 positivity rate correlates to an increase ...

Time December 21, 2020
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