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...
Why Mammography at 40?
It is well established that the two biggest risk factors for breast cancer are gender (being female) and age (getting older). More than 75% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no known family...
Synthetic 2D Mammograms in the DBT Era
When the FDA approved the first digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) unit (Hologic-Selenia Dimensions) in February 2011, it was mandated that a two-dimensional (2D) mammogram was acquired along with...
Are You Covered? 3D Mammography and Insurance Companies
Digital breast tomosynthesis, or 3D Mammography, is the latest advancement in breast imaging that has everyone talking, including my mother and her friends.
USPSTF Mammography Guidelines - The Real War on Women?
It looks as though we may be on the losing side in the fight against breast cancer. The US Preventative Services Task Force on Mammography made a decision based on decades-old data which will turn...
Breast Imaging: Who Needs an Expert Opinion Anyway?
Imagine a world where orthopedists were tasked with establishing the level of care necessary for people who had heart attacks. Or podiatrists were put in charge of setting guidelines for infertility...
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