California Bill Aimed at Breast Cancer Worries Docs

By SHEILA V KUMAR – Associated Press | AP – Fri, Sep 16, 2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It took seven years of annual mammograms and a cancer diagnosis for Amy Colton to learn something her doctors had realized from the beginning: Her breast tissue is so dense that it could have masked tumors on earlier [...]

NHS Breast Screen Program Does Not Give Women Informed Choice, It Misinforms The Public, UK

Academic Journal
Main Category: Breast Cancer
Article Date: 04 Sep 2011 – 9:00 PDT
Peter C Gøtzsche and Karsten Juhl Jørgensen of the Nordic Cochrane Centre urge for “more honesty” from the NHS BSP (Breast Screening Programme). They believe that harm has been understated, and that information issued to the public has in general been unaffected by “repeated [...]

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Widely used CAD mammography tool fails to find invasive breast cancer, causes needless tests and stress

Thursday, July 28, 2011 by: S. L. Baker, features writer
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology, which analyzes mammography images and marks suspicious areas for radiologists to review, has been widely hyped and pushed on women as a way to insure invasive breast cancer is spotted on mammograms. And it has grown into a huge industry, adding millions [...]

EVALUATION OF THE ABILITY OF DIGITAL INFRARED IMAGING TO DETECT VASCULAR CHANGES IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL TUMOURS

Int. J. Cancer: 108, 790–794 (2004)
© 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Publication of the International Union Against Cancer
Infrared imaging has frequently been used in the past to detect changes in skin surface temperature associated with breast cancer. Usually a 1–2° C elevation in skin surfacet em-perature is observed at the tumour periphery, and it has been proposed that [...]

The Evolving Role of the Dynamic Thermal Analysis in the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

The evolving role of the dynamic thermal analysis in the early detection of breast cancer
M Salhab, W Al Sarakbi and K Mokbel
St George’s and The Princess Grace Hospitals, London, UK
International Seminars in Surgical Oncology 2005, 2:8doi:10.1186/1477-7800-2-8
The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.issoonline.com/content/2/1/8

Received:
6 April 2005

Accepted:
8 April 2005

Published:
8 April 2005

© 2005 Salhab et [...]

Advanced Integrated Technique in Breast Cancer Thermography

J Med Eng Technol. 2008 Mar-Apr;32(2):103-14.
Advanced integrated technique in breast cancer thermography.
Ng EY, Kee EC.
Source
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore. mykng@ntu.edu.sg
Abstract
Thermography is a passive and non-contact imaging technique used extensively in the medical arena, but in relation to breast care, it has not been accepted as being [...]

Screening for Breast Cancer

JAMA. 2005 Mar 9;293(10):1245-56.
Elmore JG, Armstrong K, Lehman CD, Fletcher SW.
Source
Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA. jelmore@u.washington.edu
Abstract
CONTEXT:
Breast cancer screening in community practices may be different from that in randomized controlled trials. New screening modalities are becoming available.
OBJECTIVES:
To review breast cancer screening, especially in the community and to examine [...]

Shutting Down Breast Inflammation Stops Cancer Onset And Progression

Main Category: Breast Cancer
Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines; Stem Cell Research
Article Date: 17 Dec 2010 – 1:00 PST
It took 12 years and a creation of a highly sophisticated transgenic mouse, but researchers at Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have finally proven a long suspected theory: Inflammation in the breast is key to [...]

Radiation, Risks Are Focus of Breast Screening Studies

By RONI CARYN RABIN
Published: August 24, 2010
New York Times
When Dr. Deborah Rhodes orders a diagnostic test that involves radiation, she consults a chart in her office that lists the amount of radiation exposure from each test. She considers the patient’s total past exposure, and then carefully weighs the risks and benefits of each test and [...]