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Find It Early Act (HR 3086)

Posted: Monday July 24, 2023

A reminder that The Find It Early Act needs your support. This bill would ensure that all U.S. health insurance plans cover screening and diagnostic breast imaging with no out-of-pocket costs for

NCCN Guidelines; Missouri insurance law

Posted: Monday July 17, 2023

Updated National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis guidelines just out (accessible with free registration). For average risk women, the screening guideline

New RI Insurance Law & More

Posted: Sunday July 9, 2023

U.S. State Insurance Law A new insurance law for expanded breast imaging has been signed into law in Rhode Island (copays/deductibles apply). Please see DBI’s Legislative Info tab for updated

Updated Screening Flowchart & Recently Published

Posted: Monday June 26, 2023

Who Needs More Screening? Just updated! One of the most popular DBI website tools is the screening decision support flowchart Who Needs More Screening?. The flowchart has just been updated and can

Nebraska insurance law, Just published

Posted: Monday June 19, 2023

State Insurance Law Legislation for expanded breast imaging insurance coverage has been signed into law in Nebraska. Please see DBI’s Legislative Info for updated map and table details. Just

Canadian Task Force Guidelines, Of Interest

Posted: Monday June 12, 2023

Canada The Canadian Task Force, Canada’s source of evidence-based clinical prevention guidelines for primary care providers, just announced it is “fast tracking” updates to their 2018 breast

U.S. State Insurance Laws & Canada News

Posted: Monday May 22, 2023

U.S. State Insurance Laws New state insurance laws for expanded and/or no-cost breast imaging have been signed into law in Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and

USPSTF, ACR Recommendations, U.S. Insurance Legislation

Posted: Monday May 15, 2023

United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) USPSTF updated screening guidelines updates were just published and now include the recommendation that mammography screening in normal risk

Journal of Breast Imaging

Posted: Monday April 24, 2023

An article is just out in JBI “Implementing the National Dense Breast Reporting Standard, Expanding Supplemental Screening Using Current Guidelines, and the Proposed Find It Early

Upcoming Symposium and More

Posted: Monday April 17, 2023

2023 SBI Breast Imaging Symposium DBI’s Dr. Wendie Berg, Robin Seitzman, PhD, MPH, and JoAnn Pushkin will be in attendance. Please stop by booth #326 to learn more about DBI educational tools or

Website Update

Posted: Monday April 3, 2023

As new research is published, the DBI website content is reviewed and edited, including: Health Provider FAQ: What is the recommended breast screening for women with disease causing genetic

New Research

Posted: Monday March 27, 2023

Just published in Journal of Clinical Oncology, a case-cohort study, Long-Term Performance of an Image-Based Short-Term Risk Model for Breast Cancer. Conducted at Karolinska Institutet, the study

2D vs 3D Mammography and More

Posted: Monday March 20, 2023

New Research DBI Medical Advisory Board member Dr. Emily Conant is lead author on Mammographic Screening in Routine Practice: Multisite Study of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Digital Mammography

FDA National Reporting Standard

Posted: Monday March 13, 2023

At long last, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced updates to mammography regulations to notify women and their referring providers about a woman’s breast density. States will

DBI Content Updates

Posted: Monday March 6, 2023

Patient Content Our popular “Dense Breasts, 5 Facts to Know“ page has just been redesigned based on input from our Patient Advisory Group. And WOW! Please visit/share this great introduction to

European Congress of Radiology

Posted: Monday February 27, 2023

DenseBreast-info.org/Europe will be exhibiting at #ECR2023 from March 2-5. DBI’s European Liaison Dr. Athina Vourtsis, and Education Coordinator Cheryl Cruwys, will be on hand. Look for the DBI

World Dense Breast Day Incredible Success! More HERE.

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