In a recent move that is drawing much ire from the medical and women’s health communities, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) declined to expand its recommendation on which women should receive regular mammography screening. What was offered upon this rejection was essentially the
Read More[caption id="attachment_5143" align="alignleft" width="144"] Anne Richards, Clinical Development Manager, Women’s Healthcare, Carestream[/caption] The case for the importance and relevance of mammograms has had its battles in 2014. The CNBSS announcement sought to prove that mammograms do not result in better detection and essentially, do not save
Read More[caption id="attachment_3018" align="alignleft" width="100"] Sean P. Reilly, Publisher, Imaging Technology News and Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology[/caption] What started with a chug and a whisper is growing in both momentum and volume. Can you hear that whistle blowing? For years, mammography has been the breast cancer screening standard
Read More[caption id="attachment_5143" align="alignleft" width="109"] Anne Richards, Clinical Development Manager, Women’s Healthcare, Carestream[/caption] A disturbing study about the effectiveness of mammography was released to the public on February 11 in the British Journal of Medicine. The New York Times wrote about the study, providing such summaries as: “…
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