Content Updates

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 the topic. Available here (European visitors, here,  Spanish version, here).

Study
Topic: Medical jargon and patient understanding

• A recent JAMA cross-sectional study Accuracy in Patient Understanding of Common Medical Phrases showed that participants frequently misunderstood and often assigned meaning opposite to what the clinician intended. “These findings suggest that use of common medical phrases may lead to confusion among patients affecting health outcomes.”

One of the most commonly asked questions from patients is, “If I have dense breasts and cancer might be missed on my mammogram, what else can I do?”  As part of our regular review to keep data as current as possible, that Q+A has just been updated and edited to be more patient friendly. (European visitors, please see Patient Q+A #18 here.)

Educational Opportunity:
A joint IAEA and SNMMI webinar, Molecular Breast Imaging: State of the Art, will provide nuclear medicine physicians/technologists, oncologists and breast surgeons with the most current information on the use of molecular breast imaging and dedicated breast PET imaging. When: Sept. 15th, 2022. Time: 11am-12:30pm (USA/Eastern). Credits: 1.5 CE

Our very popular Patient Fact Sheet has just been updated! The printable PDF provides basic dense breast info and encourages a conversation between a woman and her health team about supplemental screening. Feedback received is that it is a useful clinical flyer or health fair hand out. The Fact Sheet is available in 20+ languages.

As a reminder a full suite of patient content, including printable tools, is available at:

1. DB-i “For Patients” tab
2. DB-i/Europe, ”European Patients” tab
3. DB-i/Spanish tab