FDA Breast Density Notification Legislation Deadline Quickly Approaching
The new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) breast density notification legislation will become effective nationally starting September 10, 2024. In this federally mandated requirement patients who...
The Painful Truth about Skin Tears in Mammography
In 2018, we published the blog “ Skin Tears in Mammography Happen…But Do They Have to?”. Almost six years after its publication, we are still receiving feedback and comments on it! Unfortunately,...
Minimizing Bleeding, Hematoma in the Breast Biopsy Patient
Mammographers often describe having a love/hate relationship with interventional procedures. From appreciating the change of pace from screening mammography, as well as the knowledge that they’re an...
Videos Explain Use of Mammography Skin Markers to Patients and Staff
When patients or new staff members inquire why mammography skin markers are used in your breast imaging center what do you tell them? You know the Beekley Skin Marking System® for Mammography...
Meet Jessica Danik, Nurse Navigator, EMPOWER Award Recipient
Each year since 2017, Beekley Medical® has awarded one person the EMPOWER Award for Mammography. Over the years the recipients have included breast radiologists, lead mammographers, and most...
How Old is Too Old for Screening Mammography?
Mammographic screening in the general population has a proven record of decreasing death rates from breast cancer primarily by early detection, whether it's finding cancers smaller and sooner than...
USPSTF Recommendations for Breast Cancer Screening Fall Short Again
On May 9, 2023 the US Preventive Services Task Force publicly presented their new recommendation statement on breast cancer screening and sought public comment from May 9 through June 5, 2023. Their...
2023 NCoBC Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference Top Takeaways
Beekley Medical® recently had the pleasure of exhibiting at the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCoBC) Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference in Las Vegas, NV. While we were able to make...
Grim Statistics About African-American Women and Breast Cancer
Racial disparities exist across the whole spectrum of healthcare, and the detection of breast cancer is no exception. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women – in fact 1 in 8 women...
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