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Breast cancer death rates have dropped 39 percent over the past 26 years, according to an Oct. 3 report from the American Cancer Society. Much of that is due to the measures taken for early detection ...

Screening and early diagnosis has an important role in reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with breast cancer. Mammography has an established role and has been approved for routine ...

The utility of annual MRI plus mammogram was investigated in a new meta-analysis delivered at this year’s San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, with the goal of optimizing use of MRI by considering ...

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For women with extremely dense breasts, screening with MRI alone every 4 years is cost-effective and delivers the greatest benefit, the first study of its kind indicates. Alternatively, if a woman ...

A study presented at the American Urological Association annual meeting evaluated an intensified MRI-based screening program for men at high genetic risk for prostate cancer. The work that we were ...

MRI-based prostate cancer screening of the general population does not increase detection of clinically significant prostate cancer, but it does improve the benefit-vs-harm profile of PSA testing ...

Getting an MRI in between regular mammogram checkups could be an effective way for women with extremely dense breast tissue to learn whether they have cancer, a new study found. Women who have ...

MRI screening shows promise for predicting clinically significant prostate cancer (PCa) early on and independently of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) assessment. In a recent study published in BMJ ...