I hope the title of this post didn’t offend you, but I really needed to get your attention, and fortunately it worked.
The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) was held earlier this month. Among a myriad of important presentations were twin studies conducted by the Mayo clinic in Jacksonville, Forida.
The Mayo study proves that “MRI can detect tumors missed by traditional exams.” Researchers went on to indicate that the extra time gained by early detection can be helpful in choosing the right course of treatment.
As reported by SpiritIndia, the first-of-its-kind study compared traditional mammography (side-by-side as it were) with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Shocking to this observer, the MRI found tumors missed by the old mammogram in 16% of the 390 patients.
The Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Laura Vallow said, “This is an important finding because breast cancer tends to be more aggressive when diagnosed in younger women.” Dr. Vallow, the study’s lead investigator also said, “This suggests that younger women who want breast-conserving surgery to treat newly diagnosed cancer may benefit from an MRI scan of the entire breast.”
Although breast cancer rates appear to be declining, the MRI news comes at a good time since a Reuters report citing statements made by Dr. Jeffrey Weitzel of the City of Hope cancer center in Duarte, California calls genetics-based risk models into question. Weitzel cites numerous flaws in the current model including the impact of family size on the number of occurrences.
It’s true. I do have my own selfish reasons for supporting breast cancer research. I am, after all the father of four girls.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackWell, well, mammogram missed some breast cancers? … this is not exactly something that is new as it has been known for a long time that it does. Even the makers of the equipment admit that they will miss them and particularly if they are not calcified as the mammogram can’t detect non-calcified lesions.
maybe they should do another study using the brilliant NEW TECHNOLOGY developed by Dr Jae Son and his team at Medical Tactile Inc in Los Angeles, the SureTouch Visual Mapping System?
This system has been proved to be over 94% in clinical trials in recognising malignant lesions and whats more it does not involve the use of any harmful radiation to create its images. It is a sensitive, accurate and pain free procedure that can be performed at a fraction of the cost of a mammogram so it is considerably cheaper than an MRI.
In fact you can but many units and have them all over the country for the price of one MRI unit.
Maybe somone would like to compare all three devices and I know which one will save more lives!
You can check out the company and their amazing technology here; http://www.premammogram.com
The challenge is now up to you to do the comparison and start be serious about saving lives and not the share price of multinational corporations.
I kind of lost you there at the end Ian, but I appreciate the additional information about Sure Touch Visual Mapping.
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