Pink Door Imaging- Breast and Gynecological Imaging

01/17/2025

The breast-cancer death rate has dropped 44% since 1989, thanks to better treatments and screening. It is still the leading cause of cancer death for women under 50.

Trends in breast, prostate and lung cancer are shifting who is most at-risk.

12/13/2024

‘Some 300,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with invasive breast cancer each year. But an additional 50,000 are diagnosed with “stage zero” breast cancer, also called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, which occurs when there are cancer cells in a woman’s milk duct but not in her breast tissue. The disease itself poses little risk but can turn into the more dangerous, invasive cancer….’

• This only applies for patients diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer (DCIS)- where the cancer cells are confined to the milk ducts and for those with small cancer.
• The study period was only two years, may not be long enough to know the true impact of monitoring closely without surgical treatment.
• No treatment and monitoring every six months may not be appropriate in younger women who have a longer time for the cancer to progress to an invasive stage.

Women with a type of low-risk cancer might not have to rush aggressive treatment, doctors say.

10/17/2024

Becky our office manager turned a year younger today! Wishing her a very happy birthday 🎁

10/08/2024

"Early diagnosis of ovarian cancer is vital, and we are pleased to see this research demonstrate that there are more accurate ways of using ultrasound," Sundard and colleagues said in a statement released by the university. "The faster and earlier ovarian cancer is diagnosed the easier it is to treat and the more successful the outcomes."

Sundard's group investigated six diagnostic tests for identifying ovarian cancer. The team determined that a model called IOTA (International Ovarian Tumour Analysis) ADNEX (Assessment of Different NEoplasias in the adneXa) -- which evaluates ultrasound features -- had the best accuracy for this purpose, identifying 96% of ovarian cancer cases in the study cohort.

An ultrasound test can identify 96% of ovarian cancers in postmenopausal women, researchers have reported.

09/26/2024

Early diagnosis=cure for Breast cancer.

08/17/2024

Class of 2028- Nina Sarika Shetty

06/10/2024

02/21/2024

Estimates suggest mortality was reduced by 42% with annual screening for this age group

02/14/2024

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02/13/2024

.. ‘Uterine is the only cancer for which survival has fallen in the past four decades, the American Cancer Society said. The disease will kill some 13,250 women in the U.S. this year, the group estimates, surpassing ovarian cancer to become the deadliest gynecologic cancer.

Rising Toll
Case and mortality rates are rising for uterine cancer, which is set to surpass ovarian cancer as the deadliest gynecologic cancer in the U.S.

Abnormal bleeding is the most common sign of uterine cancer, especially after menopause. Slow-moving, common cancers often give doctors time to intervene…’

A transvaginal ultrasound is the key in the diagnosis and should be offered to women with abnormal, uterine, bleeding, particularly in the postmenopausal age group.

Case rates are increasing, especially for Black and Hispanic women.

12/01/2023

https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/rsna/107619

Keeping those mammogram appointments is life-saving, study finds