for all negatives was 0.90461.The comparison indicated that the overall performance of the AI system was comparable to that of ultrasound radiologists.Conclusion:This innovative AI-powered ultrasound solution is cost-effective and user-friendly,and could be applied to massive breast cancer screening.Zhen...
All women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40. There is not enough evidence to decide whether to continue or stop screening in women 75 years or older and what more should be done to screen for breast cancer in women with dense breasts. To learn more...
This 2024 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends biennial screening mammography for women aged 40 to 74 years (B
In humans, there is one pair of mammary glands, also known as mammae, or breasts. They are rudimentary in both sexes until the age of puberty when, in response to ovarian hormones, they begin to develop in the female. During pregnancy, they distend still further in preparation for nursing...
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Breast cancer screening by supplemental US among women with dense breasts shows added detection sensitivity compared with M alone. However, US slightly decreased the diagnostic specificity for breast cancer. The cost-effectiveness of supplemental US in detecting malignancy in dense breasts should be ...
Should women with dense breasts still have a mammogram? Absolutely, both experts emphasize. “That’s a very, very important message,” Smetherman notes. Women will still benefit from mammography, which is the only FDA-approved screening tool for breast cancer. ...
Screening mammography has lower sensitivity and specificity in women with dense breasts, who experience higher breast cancer risk. To perform a systematic review of reproducibility of Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) de... J Melnikow,JJ Fenton,EP Whitlock,... - 《Annals of In...
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In particular, for the roughly 8% of women who have extremely dense breasts, it’s worth having a conversation with a doctor about additional screening, said Mass. Similarly, for women with dense breasts who have additional risk factors for breast cancer, such as a family history of the dise...