Among women with dense breast tissue, for whom traditional mammograms are less effective at detecting cancer, who request additional screening after a negative mammogram, abbreviated breast MRI (AB-MR ...

Adding MRI to routine biennial mammography screening for women aged 40 years or older with extremely dense breasts and increased breast cancer risk showed promise for reducing breast cancer deaths in ...

Having dense breasts can put women at higher risk of breast cancer and make it more difficult to spot cancer on a mammogram, but many don’t realize it’s a significant risk. Starting this week, all ...

Abbreviated breast MRI shortens exam time while retaining a high level of diagnostic accuracy of breast cancer in women with extremely dense breasts, according to an article published today in ...

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) screening supplemented by MRI for women with dense breasts led to both greater benefits and increased harms in a model-based comparative effectiveness analysis.

In 2023, the FDA updated its mammography regulations, with a key amendment that required facilities to provide information to patients regarding the density of their breasts. This amendment featured ...

A new editorial by a Uniformed Services University (USU) faculty member calls attention to challenges in breast cancer screening that may disproportionately affect active duty women and have ...

MRI is often used in the diagnostic workup ahead of breast cancer surgery, but new data from a phase 3 trial suggest the practice is unnecessary for many patients with early-stage disease. Other ...

Several factors contribute to the higher breast cancer mortality rate among Black women. These include later-stage diagnosis, lower survival rates at every stage of diagnosis, and limited access to ...