Search Tag: screening mammography
2023 20 Jun
For the first time, a screening mammography system— United Imaging Healthcare 's uMammo590i—has been installed in the Gjilan Municipality. This milestone achievement brings mammogram screenings to the municipality's family clinic, ensuring primary healthcare access for over ten thousand women in the community. With its advanced design, the...Read more
2019 11 Jul
Affidea and ScreenPoint Medical announced a strategic partnership to streamline and improve the clinical performance of screening mammography and drive the earlier detection of breast cancer. The partnership will leverage Affidea’s growing footprint in the European breast imaging marketplace and will provide a unique opportunity for ScreenPoint...Read more
2019 14 May
Breast density is recognised as a risk factor for breast cancer, and dense breast tissue can decrease mammographic sensitivity, leading to diagnostic delay . This is of particular concern to women in their 40s and 50s , for whom the prevalence of dense breasts ranges from 38% to 57%. Concerns about the low sensitivity of screening mammography...Read more