While mammograms play a vital role in efforts to identify breast cancer, they can present some challenges in women with dense breast tissue. Both dense breast tissue and cancer cells can appear as solid white in mammography, increasing the risk that results might be misinterpreted. Some recent advances in both technology and in communications about breast density have the potential to help clinicians and patients overcome these challenges in the years ahead.

As one of the more precise methods of delivering radiation therapy for cancer treatment, proton therapy has grown at a rapid pace the last several  years. Considered experimental not too long ago and used primarily in research settings, clinicians across the globe are rapidly coming to accept the utility of proton therapy for numerous indications — a list that many expect to continue to grow rapidly.

Cancer is perhaps the most highly personal, complex disease in our world today. While the various types of cancer are well-established, no two cases are ever the same. Because of this, a multidisciplinary approach is often required, with a healthcare team assembled from across the hospital. Oncology information systems (OIS), also called oncology information management systems (OIMS), are designed to help coordinate care among providers.