New Research
Topic: Tech Performed Handheld Ultrasound After 3D
Just published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, authored by Dr. Wendie Berg, and coauthored by Dr. Marcela Böhm-Vélez and others, Prospective Multicenter Diagnostic Performance of Technologist-Performed Screening Breast Ultrasound after Tomosynthesis in Women with Dense Breasts (the DBTUST).
- The prospective multicenter study of technologist-performed handheld ultrasound screening after 3D mammography showed a modest added cancer detection rate from ultrasound of about 1 cancer per thousand screens each year for three years and 4% added false positive rate. Many cancers missed initially were visible on targeted ultrasound, and other studies using automated ultrasound or physician-performed ultrasound, and studies in Asia and Canada have shown higher added cancer detection rates from ultrasound. Contrast-enhanced approaches such as MRI or CEM are expected to produce far greater cancer detection. Many women cannot tolerate or access contrast-enhanced approaches and ultrasound is then a good option.
Topic: Knowledge Gaps About Breast Cancer Risk Model Use/High-risk Screening
DBI’s third research project just out in the Journal of Breast Imaging, Effect of an Educational Intervention on Women’s Health Care Provider Knowledge Gaps About Breast Cancer Risk Model Use and High-risk Screening Recommendations.
- The research shows that important knowledge gaps regarding appropriate use of the Gail model versus the Tyrer-Cuzick model exist, and providers were unclear about what types of imaging to recommend for screening women at high risk of breast cancer. Nearly all knowledge gaps significantly reduced after web-based education based on DenseBreast-info.org content and reviewed in our CME course, Dense Breasts and Supplemental Screening.