Bilateral Mastectomies, New Imaging Technologies, And Breast-Conserving Surgery Featured At Breast Cancer Meeting

Main Category: Breast Cancer
Article Date: 15 Apr 2009 - 0:00 PDT

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The Breast Journal Awards for 2009 and Oral Presentations Highlight 33rd Annual Symposium of American Society of Breast Disease. Three special awards from The Breast Journal, in addition to seven refereed oral presentations based on a range of issues confronting breast cancer specialists and their patients, were among the subjects featured at the April 2-4 Symposium in Chicago. They included:

- MRI Utilization and the Increased Rate of Bilateral Total Mastectomies

- Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging Compared to Ultrasound in Patients with Mammographic Abnormalities Requiring - Diagnostic Evaluation

- Cardiac Comorbidities in Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer Newly Initiated on Chemotherapy

- Bilateral Mastectomy Trends

- Mammographic Density and the Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence Following Breast-Conserving Surgery

- ShearWaveTM Elastography: A New Ultrasound Imaging Concept for Assessing Quantitatively Soft Tissue Elasticity

- Is Calcium Supplement Intake Correlated to Mammography Use?

- Radiologic Follow Up Not Surgical Excision Recommended in Distinct Subset of Women Diagnosed with Lobular - Neoplasia on Core Biopsy

- 3D-Ultrasound Image-Guidance Improves Target Coverage for Photon Beam Breast Boost in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients

- Age and Hormone Receptor Status of DCIS

Abstracts are now available through the American Society of Breast Disease at http://www.asbd.org

About the American Society of Breast Disease

The American Society of Breast Disease endorses and promotes integrated multidisciplinary breast care to optimize patient outcomes. The ASBD provides multidisciplinary and practical education and advanced training in breast healthcare, including benign and malignant breast disease. It delivers timely breast health information to a global audience of health professionals and the general public and serves as a trusted and leading evidence-based, multidisciplinary source of breast health information.

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American Society of Breast Disease

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