New early detection breast cancer research focusing on rural are stat : WBRC FOX6

New early detection breast cancer research shows why many women, primarily in rural areas, aren't getting breast exams. Dr. Kelley learned from her own research and she caught the early stages of breast cancer. "Nobody in my family has breast cancer. Dr. Kelley said obesity is also linked to breast cancer incidents. Here I am, a nurse and a teacher, and yet I have a mother that doesn't understand breast cancer awareness and things she can do to actually live," said Kelley.




A new breast cancer detection technique has the potential to reduce the rate at which women are called back for further examinations, according to a new study.In 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) for use with full-field digital mammography (FFDM) in breast imaging. The method has the potential to render FFDM unnecessary.Dr Jacqueline Holt, director of Breast Imaging at Christiana Care Health System's Helen F Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute, in Newark, Delaware, said: "The adoption of s2D mammography combined with DBT into screening programs would limit radiation exposure to the patient, and, on the basis of our results, may improve clinical performance." DBT uses a scanner that rotates partially around the breast, providing individual images of thin layers of tissue.The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) explained that when used with FFDM, DBT has been shown to improve cancer detection and reduce callbacks for additional examinations.However, the combination of the two methods requires a second radiation exposure to the breast, while also slightly increasing the time a patient spends in breast compression.Researchers have been exploring a relatively new approach in which the DBT images are used to create a synthesised 2-D (s2D) compilation image.


"It seems very wrong that for male breast cancer, the standard treatment is the same as for female breast cancer. A memorial appeal by his wife Jo, 39, to help fund the world's biggest study into male breast cancer at the Institute of Cancer Research reached its £5,000 target in a day. A young mother today told how she lost her husband to male breast cancer as she appealed for funds to help find a cure for the rare disease. The disease is possibly more aggressive than female breast cancer, although this may be due to later diagnosis. Mr Tridgell had received treatment for melanoma skin cancer a decade earlier but the cause of his breast cancer remains a mystery.



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