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New Tool for Mammography Can Help
Detect Breast Cancer More Effectively
The government re-affirmed the importance of early breast cancer detection
with its recent update to guidelines recommending that women age 40 and older
have mammograms. A new computer-aided tool can make mammograms even better by
highlighting potential areas of concern, and ultimately increasing early
detection.
Detecting the subtleties of breast cancer on a mammogram has always been
challenging for radiologists. Today, finding breast cancer may be a little
easier, thanks to a computer-aided detection system called Second Look that's
recently been approved by the FDA. Clinical trials showed more than 26
percent of breast cancers that were missed on mammograms would be detected
with the use of this tool.
Dr. Rachel Brem, Director of Breast Imaging at
George Washington University Medical Center.
"The difference between human evaluation of a mammogram and a computer
evaluation of a mammogram is that the computer does it completely objectively.
And so, what computer-aided detection does is that it objectively analyses the
mammogram and points out specific areas of interest."
"We know that if a second radiologist looks at a mammogram, the ability to
detect breast cancer significantly increases. We can use computer-aided
detection as a second reader to help us point out areas of abnormality."
Second Look, developed by CADx Medical Systems, highlights suspicious areas
on mammograms to help radiologists detect cancer at an early stage when it is
most treatable. The system is approved for both screening and diagnostic use.
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