Search Tag: Women's Health
Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer
2022 21 Jun
New findings published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevent show significant differences in the accuracy of diagnostic mammograms across racial and ethnic groups, with variation observed in several measures of diagnostic performance. Several studies have already established that racial disparities exist in breast cancer. Multiple socioeconomic... Read more
Hologic Opens New Innovation Center in France
2022 24 Mar
Innovation Center in Aix-en-Provence, France (Photo: Business Wire) --The state-of-the-art facility in Aix-en-Provence also serves as the new headquarters of Hologic France-- Hologic, Inc, an innovative medical technology company primarily focused on improving women’s health, opened its new Innovation Center in Aix-en-Provence,... Read more
Breast Imaging: Predictive and Prognostic Models [ECR 2022]
2022 14 Mar
Dr Michael Fuchsjäger, Chairman of the ESR Board of Directors (Graz, Austria) and Iva Biondić Špoljar of University Hospital Dubrava (Zagreb, Croatia) co-moderated a session on predictive and prognostic models in breast imaging. In this session, three experts presented on the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) markers in neoadjuvant chemotherapy for... Read more
Cervical Smear Tests Could Be Used One Day to Detect Early Breast Cancer
2022 14 Feb
Cervical smear tests one day could be used to detect early breast and ovarian cancer. A European research team recently published in Nature Communications an epigenetic signature for breast and ovarian cancer that can be easily assayed in cervical smear samples. DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism to control gene expression. Greater methylation... Read more
Low Breast Cancer Risk Does Not Justify Infrequent Screening
2022 08 Feb
A new study from Australia found that 41% of screen-detected breast cancers occurred in women with no recorded risk factors. Globally and in Australia, there’s been interest in risk-stratified breast screening to improve benefits while reducing screening-associated harms.Increasing screening frequency or more sensitive imaging would be used for... Read more
NGS Fails to Improve Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Outcomes
2022 13 Jan
Triple-Negative Breast Cancers (TNBCs) are more challenging to treat because they are not driven by estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, or excess HER2 protein, typical targets for breast cancer therapeutics. Thus no standard therapy has shown proven efficacy for treating this patient population. Furthermore, this group of patients, which account... Read more