Optimising breast cancer screening in national mammography screening centres: challenges and insights on implementing additional ultrasound for women with dense breast tissue — a qualitative study [PDF]
BMC CancerBackground Research indicates that incorporating supplemental breast ultrasound in addition to mammography can enhance the sensitivity of public mammography screening, particularly for women with dense breast tissue.
Susanne A. Elsner +7 more
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A Nationally Representative US Health and Retirement Study on Mammography Screening Use and Its Predictors Among Older Adult Women Ages 60 to 85 [PDF]
Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical ResearchBackground: Mammography use and its predictors among older women require further study. Objectives: Mammography use and its relationship to demographic characteristics, health care access, and breast cancer risk factors in women ages 60 to 85 in the ...
Angela Sy +7 more
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Assessment of breast density in women from different regions of Brazil
Heliyon, 2021 In many countries, there is an interest in determining the location of the women with the highest breast density. This investigation is important for optimize screening for breast cancer for women with dense breasts as other imaging modalities since 2D ...
Camila Engler +4 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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American Journal of Roentgenology, 1986 Screening mammography can reduce mortality from breast cancer and is the only means of detecting nonpalpable cancers that are often more curable. Based on this, guidelines have evolved but compliance with them has been slow. Reservations are based on yield-cost-benefit-harm considerations, but uniformed and/or disadvantaged women and reluctance if not ...
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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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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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