News : mammograms

Healthcare providers in Russia can now offer women mammography with the market’s lowest radiation dose. This opportunity is a result of the Russian authorities’ approval of Sectra's digital mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography[1].
With its 140 million inhabitants, Russia has around 6,000 hospitals and clinics. Half of these perform mammography today, and a very small number of them use digital...

The first clinical results from a research project focused on spectral (color) mammography shows promising diagnostic benefits for breast cancer. Published in the February issue of Radiology, the results will be presented at a symposium dedicated to breast cancer detection and ways of improving cancer detection with photon counting...
Single shot spectral imaging is enabled using Sectra’s unique photon counting...

With a proven mortality decrease of up to 45%, mammography screening is arguably the best tool for finding cancers early. However, we still miss a significant fraction of the cancers. Digital mammography was a great leap forward, but what can we do next to increase the cancer detection rate?
At this symposium, we will receive a summary of the performance of digital mammography in the Irish screening program....