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ADVANCE for Imaging & Radiation Oncology A nurse and breast cancer survivor shares her thoughts on the controversy surrounding the USPSTF's mammography guidelines. See it here and add your own comments!

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A nurse and breast cancer survivor speaks out against the USPSTF recommendations.
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Valerie Chapman does a great job summing up her objections to the USPSTF's guidelines.
Fri at 11:25am
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ADVANCE for Imaging & Radiation Oncology Heading to RSNA? You may want to check out the new day-and-a-half program for RTs and radiologist assistants: ASRT@RSNA. Read about it at http://imaging-radiation-oncology.advanceweb.com/editorial/content/editorial.aspx?cc=210047. Oh, and stop by booth 3213 to say hi!

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RSNA teams with ASRT to expand its technologist offerings with a new 10-course program.
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As a student, if you have a chance to choose a final rotation while in school, go out on a limb and try out an area that you are weak in or know little about. This is what prompted me to choose CT. I only had a quick, six-week rotation through CT, and...(read more)
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The industry is tossing around the terms EMR and EHR as if their meanings were identical; they're not.
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ADVANCE for Imaging & Radiation Oncology Because the new mammography recommendations are such a hot topic, we’ve added a new link so you can discuss the implications over on our Web page, too. Here’s the new link: http://bit.ly/4EIgdr.”

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If cost-cutting U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) mammography recommendations are adopted as policy, two decades of decline in breast cancer mortality could be reversed and countless American women may die needlessly from breast cancer each year. ...
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Statement from Adventist Midwest Health: Adventist breast cancer experts spoke out against a controversial new recommendation that women delay routine breast screenings until age 50. Physicians in multiple specialties who treat breast cancer patients at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital and affiliated hospitals continue to recommend annual screening ... Read Moremammograms for women starting at age 40, which remains the recommendation of the American Cancer Society.

“To put it simply, catching breast cancer early through mammography saves lives,” said Dr. Sara Anschuetz, a diagnostic radiologist who treats patients at all four Adventist Midwest Health hospitals in suburban Chicago. “Telling women to delay routine screenings until they turn 50 will miss potentially curable breast cancer in younger women.”
November 17 at 1:26pm
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Statement from The American Society of Breast Surgeons: We are strongly opposed to the recommendations released Nov. 16 by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF.) We believe there is sufficient data to support annual mammography screening for women 40 and older. We also believe the breast cancer survival rate of women between 40 ... Read Moreand 50 will improve from the increased use of digital mammographic screening, which is superior to older plain film techniques in detecting breast cancer in that age group.
While we recognize that there will be a number of benign biopsies, we also recognize that mammography is the optimal screening tool for the early diagnosis of breast cancer in terms of cost-effectiveness, practical use, and accuracy. To restrict its use will mean that breast cancers will go undiagnosed for an unacceptable period of time. This restriction of mammographic screening defeats the goals of early detection, which often allows for breast conserving surgery and avoidance of chemotherapy.
The (USPSTF) also does not make a recommendation for mammography screening for women age 75 and older. Women in this age group are at the greatest risk for breast cancer and at the point where mammography is most sensitive.
We believe these recommendations effectively turn back the clock to pre-mammography days by making the diagnosis of breast cancer occur only when the tumor is large enough to be felt on a physical exam. The Society will continue to advocate for routine annual mammography screening for all women beginning at age 40. Mammography screening reduces breast cancer mortality and saves lives.
November 18 at 4:47am
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Statement from Woman’s Health Care MD: This cataclysmic shift in guidelines is diametrically opposite from the American Cancer Society guidelines. The recommendation to start mammograms at age 50 instead of age 40 comes at a time when physicians are seeing more younger women developing breast cancer. We know that survival is improved the earlier the diagnosis is made and treatment is begun.
This change is primarily designed to cut costs, not improve women’s health. This is just the start of government-mandated guideline-based rationing of healthcare.
My whole career, I see that women are the first group to suffer when cost cutting takes precedent over sound medical care.
With the government-controlled health service in Britain, women have about 20% lower survival rates with breast cancer than do American women.... Read More
If caught earlier, there is a 90% cure rate for women with breast cancer in the United States. American women have the best breast cancer survival rates in the world because of our current guidelines that help early detection.
November 18 at 7:43am
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ADVANCE for Imaging & Radiation Oncology What do you think of the new mammography guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)? Do you agree with the ACR and SBI?

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I think there will be a shift from Mammo to BSGI, Ultrasound or Breast MRI imaging. Who knows what the outcome will be. But I do hope all those who need it will not be denied from the insurance companies to get any or all of those tests done.
November 17 at 8:03am
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ADVANCE for Imaging & Radiation Oncology Are you using VMAT? Are you a vendor that provides VMAT? Let us know! We're looking for sources to interview.

November 16 at 9:05am
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Tampa General Hospital, my home away from home on the weekends, does a great deal to ensure that all employees provide the best customer service to all of our patients and visitors. This week I attended a four hour training off site at a beautiful hotel...(read more)
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ADVANCE for Imaging & Radiation Oncology Go Delaware! All insurance policies in the First State must now include virtual colonoscopy coverage for colorectal screening. http://imaging-radiation-oncology.advanceweb.com/General/Newslink/dailyNewsWatch.aspx?#ID210394

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Sharon Breske, ADVANCE's Co-editor/Print, interviewed SROA Chair and immediate Past President R. Scott Krewson, CPA, MBA, about key issues affecting radiation oncology administrators, conference highlights and technologies to watch.
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ADVANCE for Imaging & Radiation Oncology On your Facebook home page, be sure to select Live Feed at the top of the page, not View News Feed. Otherwise you won't get ADVANCE for Imaging & Radiation Oncology updates--and that would be sad!

November 11 at 7:35am
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I recently read an article in my local paper about "gender disappointment". That's the term given to wanting a baby of one gender but having the opposite and the feelings of sadness that result. I never realized how big a deal this can be for some parents....(read more)
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ADVANCE for Imaging & Radiation Oncology What's in store for the RT profession? Among predictions, employment should grow faster than average and job opportunities should be favorable. Read more in our new top story! http://imaging-radiation-oncology.advanceweb.com/Article/Radiologic-Technology-State-of-the-Profession-09.aspx

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Despite these tough economic times, the profession's leaders see a bright future ahead.
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Well I suppose it is time to remove the Halloween story and move on. I would like to return to our discussion on peripheral vascular disease. LEOD is an acronym for lower extremity occlusive disease. I would like to devote this entry to explore the pathophysiology...(read more)
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It was a good weekend away from work. I was able to spend time with family who I don't normally get to see. Some folks even showed up who I haven't seen in over fifteen years. The occasion of putting up my father's headstone and having a memorial for...(read more)