Preoperative MR imaging of the opposite breast in women diagnosed with unilateral breast cancer increased cancer detection and was linked with reduced incidence of cancer in the opposite breast within 45 months, according to a study published online Jan. 17 in Radiology.

The FDA has approved iCAD’s PowerLook Advanced Mammography Platform CAD for Philips’ MicroDose digital mammography system.

Tuesday, Nov. 27, 7:15-8:15 a.m.| E451B | This session identifies areas of controversy surrounding pre-operative breast MRI and evidence both for and against its use. The presentations compare advantages and disadvantages of pre-operative MRI for women with newly diagnosed breast cancer.

The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) have responded to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine which concluded that 15 to 25 percent of cancers in the Norwegian mammography screening program are overdiagnosed, saying those overdiagnosis rates are overestimated, according to a statement on ACRs website.

The use of breast MRI screenings among targeted, high-risk, underserved women significantly decreased diagnostic cost and increased patient follow-up compliance rates compared to using general-risk mammography screenings, according to a study presented at the Fourth American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, held in Washington, D.C., from Sept. 18-21.

Combined local and locoregional staging via whole-body MRI is clinically feasible and can accurately evaluate axillary lymph nodes, providing data that may help physicians optimize management of breast cancer patients, according to a study published in the May issue of American Journal of Roentgenology.

In response to an erroneous media report, the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) released a joint statement urging patients to disregard trumped up risks of thyroid cancer due to mammography-induced radiation.

Women at high risk for breast cancer undergoing their first MRI screening have higher false-positive rates and require significantly more follow-up, showing that MRIs notoriously low specificity improves as women accumulate prior MR screening histories, a study published Feb. 1 in Radiology discovered.