Amerigo Allegretto
Associate Editor at Aunt Minnie
Associate Editor at https://t.co/ihVmg5lNEZ. Pittsburgh-based. Retweets ≠ endorsements. He/him. Mr. 50K
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6 days ago |
auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto
Proposed cuts to the federal budget include gutting the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), which has drawn the ire of health advocacy groups. The Trump administration’s proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year would eliminate all federal funding for the program and slash funding for research at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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1 week ago |
auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto
Total cancer incidence rates between 2010 and 2019 significantly increased among women ages 40 to 49, but not among men, according to research published May 8 in Cancer Discovery. A team led by Meredith Shiels, PhD, from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) also found that early-onset cancer incidence rates increased during the study period, with breast (female), colorectal, kidney, and uterine cancers contributing the largest number of additional early-onset cancers in 2019.
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1 week ago |
auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto
Many breast imaging patients are undecided on whether AI has benefits in healthcare, according to findings published May 6 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Researchers led by Brian Dontchos, MD, from the University of Washington in Seattle found that while around half of the surveyed women are undecided, those with higher electronic health literacy, more education, and younger age were more likely to have optimistic feelings toward the technology.
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1 week ago |
auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto
Ultrafast MRI may need to be reconsidered for classifying breast lesions, according to research published May 6 in Radiology. A team led by Christiane Kuhl, MD, from University Hospital Aachen in Germany found that compared with 2D dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI), ultrafast MRI led to reduced lesion conspicuity and did not improve breast lesion calcification.
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1 week ago |
auntminnie.com | Amerigo Allegretto
Breast cancer status and exam indication should be factored into axillary ultrasound interpretation, according to research presented May 1 at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting in San Diego, CA. In his talk, Howard Yan, MD, from Stanford Health Care in California, discussed his team’s findings, showing that about three out of every five axillary ultrasound exams are performed on women without breast cancer, with a low rate of lymph node metastases.
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