http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The widely known PSA blood test for prostate cancer in men may get a second life as a much-needed new test for breast cancer, the most common form of cancer in women worldwide, scientists are reporting in a new study in the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry. http://phys.org/news229779221.html Chemistry Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:40:01 EST news229779221 A new study questions the controversial U.S. Preventative Service Task Force recommendations for breast cancer screening, with data that shows starting at a younger age and screening more frequently will result in more lives saved. http://phys.org/news215358186.html Medicine & Health Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:43:27 EST news215358186 Try to schedule your screening mammogram during the first week of your menstrual cycle. It might make breast cancer screening more accurate for pre-menopausal women who choose to have regular mammograms. This recommendation comes from an article published online December 3 in Radiology by Diana Miglioretti, PhD, a senior investigator at Group Health Research Institute. http://phys.org/news210870447.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:07:35 EST news210870447 Researchers are preparing to launch a £1.6million trial of a new imaging technology to see if might be better at screening breast cancer. http://phys.org/news207559786.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:29:53 EST news207559786 Disparities in breast cancer mortality continue to be unacceptably high in Chicago and significantly larger than the national average according to new data released today at a rally sponsored by the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force. The Task Force also announced results of the first year of data collection by the Chicago Breast Cancer Quality Consortium, which found many hospitals in Chicago are not meeting accepted quality standards. http://phys.org/news206886881.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:34:54 EST news206886881 The use of computer-aided detection (CAD) is increasing, in both screening and diagnostic mammography, according to a study in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. CAD software systems highlight and alert the radiologist of abnormal areas of density, mass or calcification on a digitized mammographic image (of the breast) that may indicate the presence of cancer. http://phys.org/news205253297.html Medicine & Health Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:48:30 EST news205253297 The landmark breast cancer screening study of women 40-49, published online in Cancer, has proven that annual mammography screening of women in their 40s reduces the breast cancer death rate in these women by nearly 30 percent. The results of this largest study ever conducted on women in this age group confirm that the use of the age of 50 as a threshold for breast cancer screening is scientifically unfounded. Women should begin getting annual mammograms at age 40. http://phys.org/news205061190.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:40:01 EST news205061190 (AP) -- A new study from Sweden is stirring fresh debate over whether women in their 40s should get mammograms. It suggests that the breast cancer screening test can lower the risk of dying of the disease by 26 percent or more in this age group. http://phys.org/news204998843.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:20:01 EST news204998843 Twelve years ago, then 28-year-old graduate student Brian Zikmund-Fisher was forced into the toughest choice of his life: Die from a blood disorder within a few years or endure a bone marrow transplant that could cure him or kill him in weeks. http://phys.org/news204954773.html Medicine & Health Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:53:29 EST news204954773 Do we need a revision of current recommendations for breast cancer screening? According to a recent prospective multicenter cohort study published in the "Journal of Clinical Oncology", this appears advisable at least for young women carrying an increased risk of breast cancer. http://phys.org/news186409449.html Medicine & Health Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:30:01 EST news186409449 The methodology and evidence behind a widely publicized change in national mammography guidelines is questionable, according to a review in the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JDMS), published by SAGE. http://phys.org/news183924712.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:50:01 EST news183924712 In a new study published in the January issue of Radiology, 42 percent of women eligible for breast cancer screening with MRI declined to undergo the procedure. http://phys.org/news180684217.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:20:02 EST news180684217 Low-dose radiation from annual mammography screening may increase breast cancer risk in women with genetic or familial predisposition to breast cancer, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). http://phys.org/news178868321.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:40:01 EST news178868321 A comprehensive analysis of various mammography screening schedules suggests that biennial (every two years) screening of average risk women between the ages of 50 and 74 achieves most of the benefits of annual screening, but with less harm. The results represent a unanimous consensus of six independent research groups from various academic institutions. Their findings are published in the November 17, 2009 Annals of Internal Medicine. http://phys.org/news177663689.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:40:01 EST news177663689 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Drexel University are developing a new portable, low-cost, radiation-free breast cancer detector that can potentially be used in a doctor's office as a first-line to detect breast cancer. http://phys.org/news173004222.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:00:02 EST news173004222 (AP) -- One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be treated unnecessarily, a new study says. Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen analyzed breast cancer trends at least seven years before and after government-run screening programs for breast cancer started in parts of Australia, Britain, Canada, Norway and Sweden. http://phys.org/news166434410.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:47:09 EST news166434410