ALLMedicine™ Mammogram Center

Aug 15th, 2022 - While the American College of Radiology recommends annual screening mammography starting at age 40 years, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that screening mammography in women younger than age 50 years should involve shared...

Aug 12th, 2022 - High breast density and aging are the strongest risk factors for sporadic breast cancer among women. Although glandular epithelium contributes to mammographic density, non-epithelial tissue components represent its major determinants: adipose tiss...

Aug 11th, 2022 - This study investigated women's health beliefs, the use of breast cancer (BC) screening services, and the factors that potentially influence uptake of screening. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with a randomly selected community sample of 9...

Aug 9th, 2022 - Most women undergoing screening examinations in the U.S. do not receive immediate results and for many this results in increased stress, inconvenience, delayed diagnosis, and potential loss to follow-up. To study the impact of same appointment mam...

Aug 8th, 2022 - Adenomyoepithelioma of the breast is an uncommon subtype of breast neoplasm that occurs in adults over a wide age range but most commonly in middle-aged and older adults. It usually presents as a solitary palpable mass or is detected on breast rad...

May 14th, 2022 - This publication reviews the current evidence supporting the imaging approach of the axilla in various scenarios with broad differential diagnosis ranging from inflammatory to malignant etiologies. Controversies on the management of axillary adeno...

May 6th, 2017 - Appropriate imaging evaluation of nipple discharge depends the nature of the discharge. Imaging is not indicated for women with physiologic nipple discharge. For evaluation of pathologic nipple discharge, multiple breast imaging modalities are rat...

Aug 12th, 2022 - High breast density and aging are the strongest risk factors for sporadic breast cancer among women. Although glandular epithelium contributes to mammographic density, non-epithelial tissue components represent its major determinants: adipose tiss...

Aug 5th, 2022 - There is an alarming rise of breast cancer in developing countries, where early detection is rare and the late findings build up an important mortality rate. In Chile, the mortality rate is 15,5 per 100.000 women, where breast cancer is the first ...

Aug 4th, 2022 - Breast cancer (BC) is the commonest cancer, affecting 1.4 million women per year of whom a third die from the disease. There is an urgent need for new approaches to BC prevention. Progesterone is a hormone that is produced naturally from a woman's...

Aug 3rd, 2022 - Patients will be deemed eligible for immediate IORT if the invasive cancer lesion is estimated to measure ≤ 3.0 centimeters maximum dimension by mammogram, ultrasound, and CE-MRI and is thought to be resectable with WLE and clear surgical margins,...

Aug 3rd, 2022 - Breast tumors are often detected on mammography but may be harder to see in women with dense breasts. This is why screening breast ultrasound is sometimes used as another test in women with dense breasts. Ultrasound has been shown to detect additi...

Aug 1st, 2022 - New NCCN Guidelines for Mammography: All Women Over 40 New evidence-based guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) call for annual mammograms for all women older than 40. Straightforward guidelines: The guidelines state tha...

May 24th, 2022 - (Reuters) - Women should not delay routine mammograms after receiving a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, experts now say. In some women, the vaccines cause swollen lymph nodes around the armpits, which could be misread as a possible sign of breast cancer on...

Apr 25th, 2022 - Key clinical point: Imaging can be dependably used for estimating the size of clinical T1 tumors to plan lumpectomy; however, overestimation by preoperative imaging size (PIS) should be considered for larger tumors. Major finding: Significant corr.

Apr 12th, 2022 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Lidia Schapira, MD: Hello. I'm Dr Lidia Schapira, and welcome to Medscape InDiscussion Breast Cancer. Today we're talking about how BRCA status impacts choices of therapy for patients with early-stage b...

Mar 22nd, 2022 - Using MammoRisk, a software tool used to estimate an individual's 5-year risk of developing breast cancer, is feasible in community practices, according to a recent study. The assessment is based on a patient's clinical data and breast density, wi...