3D Mammography May be the Difference

Any form of cancer, breast cancer included, has the distinct and highly dangerous ability to hide. In other words treatment may well be beating out the cancer but it won’t necessarily eradicate all of it. It appears as if though mammography performed in 3D may be the solution to this particular issue. 

In a study of over 500,000 mammograms, a fraction done in 3D, it was discovered that 3d scanning may be able to spot more than a regular scan. While it’s unnerving to think that the cancer is so powerful it’s good to know that there are ways to figure out how much of it there really is and the dangers it presents. 

If you have any questions about diagnostic imaging procedures please feel free to contact us. We here at Clermont Imaging look forward to answering any questions you may have. 

Sources:

http://news.yahoo.com/3-d-mammogram-scans-may-more-breast-cancer-205041899.html

Breast Cancer Suppressant

When we think of cancer we can safely liken it to a nasty creature that lurks around at night. According to research nighttime is the best time for cancer to grow. Knowing this, it almost makes you want to avoid going to sleep so you can keep the cancer away. One of the more aggressive forms of cancer is breast cancer, which unfortunately has become an apex predator among women.

Apparently making sure to administer certain types of hormone treatments, including GC hormone, can suppress, if not avoid, the growth of cancer. Glucocorticoid (GC) hormones affect the body by activating specialized GC receptors located inside of cells. While cancer, especially breast cancer continues to be a major concern the knowledge from this particular development goes a long way.

If you have any questions about breast cancer prevention or mammograms please feel free to give us a call. We here at Clermont radiology are eager to help you address all your concerns.

Sources:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/283558.php

Potential Breast Cancer Treatments

Brest cancer is far from being cured so it’s definitely promising to hear that potential treatments beyond radiation are actually being sought out. According to medicalnewstoday.com “Researchers at the University of Michigan have described a new approach to discovering potential cancer treatments that requires a fraction of the time needed for more traditional methods.” This is incredibly promising when you think about how long there has been a strong push to eradicate breast cancer.

The main problem with new drugs is making sure that the healthy cells manage to stay healthy. The many challenges presented by this particular problem require research and as stated “Discovering new targets for cancer therapeutics is a long and tedious undertaking, and identifying and developing a potential drug to specifically hit that target without harming healthy cells is a daunting task.”

The work has paid off because as they stated “They discovered a particular antibody 4C3, that was able to almost completely stop the proliferation of the breast cancer cells. They then identified the molecule on the cancer cells that the antibody targets.” It’s not yet known how truly effective 4C3 will be but the hope is that it will be a big factor in the current battle against breast cancer.

If you have any questions about diagnostic imaging procedures, please feel free to give us a call. We at Clermont Imaging look forward to answer any questions you may have. 

Rates of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is that one uninvited guest that makes the dinner table an uncomfortable place. With what we know about breast cancer we do our best to avoid it. Through early detection and proper treatment the patient always has a good chance for survival. Women tend to question if factors such as age, family history, diet and so on, play a part in breast cancer diagnosis.

There are often other factors that determine, or may determine a patient’s chances for getting breast cancer. Geography actually plays a part in that particular equation. Living in poor areas of the country may actually increase a woman’s risk. It’s not that environment plays a part so much as having the means or the facilities near by in order to get the proper tests or treatments.

A good example is women in the Appalachian region. According to an article in auntminnie.com “Older women living in the poorest areas of Appalachia fail to get regular breast cancer screening and have a higher incidence of late-stage breast cancer.” In part this has to do with scarcity of financial resources in those areas. One critical point made by the article was the fact that Appalachia as a whole is massive and it also has a massive shortage of health professionals. It was stated that “Appalachia is made up of 420 contiguous counties across 13 states. In 2010, 69% of these counties were classified as "health professional shortage areas," and 91% of the most economically stressed counties in Appalachia were designated as shortage areas, according to Anderson's team. The incidence of late-stage breast cancer in Appalachia is a strong indicator of preventable breast cancer disparity, and it is influenced, in part, by a lack of regular access to mammography.”

With as strong as advocacy for breast cancer is, it’s vital to make this a serious focus. All women need to have access to facilities and healthcare professionals that may be able to help them. This is something that represents a major challenge for people in the advocacy role but it needs to be addressed. Diagnostic imaging procedures play a major role and it’s important that women in these areas find a way to access them. Late stage breast cancer can represent a death sentence. Hopefully, as time goes on, there will be a way to correct this particular problem.

If you have any question about diagnostic imaging procedures, please feel free to give us a call.

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