All Articles on Breast Cancer
Our top 6 reasons why ‘it was a very good year’See how 2015 was the Institute’s best year yet—for funding and practical impact, improving people’s health at Group Health and across the country.
Screening for breast cancer? Menopausal status, not just age, may matterDr. Diana Buist explains the new Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium study in JAMA Oncology, which she co-wrote.
For mammography, radiologists do better without computer helpBased on a new BCSC study, Dr. Diana Buist tells of technology that adds cost to breast cancer screening—without improving outcomes. Dr. Marc Mora comments.
- Computer-aided detection does not improve breast cancer screening
CAD raises screening costs without benefit to patients and may miss cancers, large national BCSC study shows.
Some women with dense breasts may not need extra screeningA Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium study involving Group Health shows that density shouldn’t be the only factor when considering additional screening.
New breast cancer risk calculator factors in densityAn online tool and app to estimate breast cancer risk is a conversation starter for women and practitioners.
Our top 10: Group Health studies that made the most news in 2014Here’s our list of top-ten research stories of 2014—plus links to the news reports they inspired.
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