Researchers at the University of Arkansas may be finalizing the development of an alternative method to detect and treat breast cancer, according to a University of Arkansas news release.  

A study recently published in Academic Radiology has found that follow-up imaging after a canceled MRI-guided breast biopsy due to nonvisualization may accurately indicate completely resolved breast lesions. But because some lesions do persist after the initial biopsy, researchers recommend six-month follow-up MRI exams for patients.

Diffusion kurtosis imaging could reduce unnecessary breast biopsies and expand treatment options, according to a recent release from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

For the last 10 years, researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have been compiling examples of when breast MRI may be helpful for male patients, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in Diagnostic Radiology.  

False-positive stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsies (SVABs) may not negatively affect subsequent mammographic screenings, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR). The harms of false-positives, according to reserachers from the Center for Biomedical Imaging at New York University School of Medicine, may be exaggerated. 

Researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center have found additional breast imaging with ultrasound technology may be unnecessary after a patient receives a negative mammogram and has experienced symptoms of breast pain alone, according to a recent study published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 

According to a recent study published by JAMA, single-nucleotide polymorphisms SNP risk panels can improve predictions of breast cancer, ultimately benefitting women who would benefit from additional in-depth mammogram screenings.  

According to a recent study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, the ACR recommends women at an average risk for breast cancer should begin annual mammograms at age 40. High-risk women should start mammograms even earlier.