Unlocking insights: exploring mammography beliefs among Teshie community mothers – a qualitative exploratory descriptive study [PDF]
BMJ OpenBackground Breast cancer is a global concern, especially for women of African descent, with rising cases in Ghana. While awareness and diagnostic screening have improved, studies in Ghana and many African countries have prioritised breast self ...
Priscilla Yeye Adumoah Attafuah +7 more
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An image quality review programme in a population‐based mammography screening service
Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 2021 Introduction Mammography is one of the most technically demanding radiographic processes, and mammography quality assurance initiatives are priorities in the implementation of public health screening services.
Vania Galli +4 more
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Blind-ending bifid ureter – a case report of rare congenital anomaly and its sonographic appearance
Journal of Ultrasonography, 2022 We report a case of a blind-ending bifid ureter in a 67-year-old woman with ascites initially diagnosed with B-mode and Color Doppler ultrasonography and afterwards verified with contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography. A literature review of the
Łyczek Wojciech, Migda Bartosz
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Lesions of “uncertain malignant potential” in the breast (B3) identified with mammography screening
BMC Cancer, 2018 Background Core needle biopsy (CNB) is a standard diagnostic procedure in the setting of breast cancer screening. However, CNB may result in the borderline diagnoses of lesion of uncertain malignant potential (B3). The aim of this study was to access the
Christiane Richter-Ehrenstein +3 more
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Twenty five year follow-up for breast cancer incidence and mortality of the Canadian national breast screening study: randomised screening trial [PDF]
, 2014 Annual mammography in women aged 40-59 does not reduce mortality from breast cancer beyond that of physical examination or usual care when adjuvant therapy for breast cancer is freely available.
Anthony B. Miller +5 more
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Screen-film versus full-field digital mammography: Radiation dose and image quality in a large teaching hospital [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2013 The objective of this paper is to measure the radiation dose and image quality in conventional screen-film mammography and full-field digital mammography in women referred to mammography examination.
Stantić Tomislav J. +5 more
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The Big Squeeze: A Social and Political History of the Controversial Mammogram [PDF]
, 2012 [Excerpt] The Big Squeeze: A Social and Political History of the Controversial Mammogram chronicles the often turbulent history of screening mammography since its introduction in the early 1970s. This book makes five key points.
Reynolds, Handel, MD
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Report on the Breast Ultrasound and Mammography Workshop held in Pretoria, 23-26 September 1999
South African Journal of Radiology, 2000 No abstract available.
Garth Kruger
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Screening for breast cancer : medicalization, visualization and the embodied experience [PDF]
, 2010 Women’s perspectives on breast screening (mammography and breast awareness) were explored in interviews with midlife women sampled for diversity of background and health experience.
Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer Screening +29 more
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