For the first time, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommends that clinicians "consider" tomosynthesis as part of annual breast cancer screening. The context of the recommendation is ...

Digital breast tomosynthesis (quasi three-dimensional [3D] mammography) is a relatively novel technique. It creates thin-slice reconstructions of the breast from low-dose digital mammographic images ...

Breast tomosynthesis in the diagnostic workup for one- or two-view focal asymmetry detected at screening mammography resulted in less use of ultrasound, fewer biopsies, and higher positive predictive ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Adding tomosynthesis to biennial digital mammography screening for women with dense breasts is likely to improve breast cancer detection at a reasonable cost relative to biennial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Interval cancers detected after screening with either modality generally had similar non-favorable ...

In women with dense breasts, adding either tomosynthesis (a form of 3-D mammography) or ultrasound scans to standard mammograms can detect breast cancers that would have been missed, according to new ...

—Digital breast tomosynthesis, or 3D mammography, has been shown to improve recall and breast cancer detection rates in previous and recent studies and is becoming increasingly integrated into ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis have very similar benefits and drawbacks. When deciding on a ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Digital tomosynthesis is an effective tool for reducing the recall rate in breast cancer screening, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. Digital ...

Researchers have found that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has improved breast cancer screening performance in community practice and identifies more invasive cancers, compared to digital ...

After screening 15,000 women over a period of five years, a major clinical study in Sweden has shown that 3D mammography, or breast tomosynthesis, detects over 30% more cancers compared to traditional ...

Adjunct Screening With Tomosynthesis or Ultrasound in Women With Mammography-Negative Dense Breasts is a prospective multicenter study recruiting asymptomatic women with mammography-negative screens ...