The recent publication draft of the United States Preventative Health Service Task Force (USPHSTF) recommendations for breast cancer screening represents a step backward in empowering women to make an educated choice regarding the advisability of mammograms. Dr. R. James Brenner discusses breast cancer screening and USPHSTF.
Bay Vein Explains Venous Disease & What You Need to Know
Prostate Cancer: A Serious Problem for Men
The American Cancer society estimates there will be 233,000 new cases of prostate cancer diagnosed in the US in 2014, more than any other site in men. In addition approximately 29,000 men will die from prostate cancer in the current year. This is fewer deaths than lung cancer, but more than colorectal cancer.
A Radiologist’s Perspective on Patient Access to Electronic Health Records
Do CT Scans Cause Cancer? Questions Your Patients May Ask
Proud To Serve Two of America’s Best Hospitals!
Healthgrades recently released their list of America’s Top Hospitals for 2014. Bay Imaging Consultants Radiology group is proud to serve 2 of these top hospitals, John Muir Medical Center which ranked in the top 50 and Eden Medical Center which also gained the recognition of America’s Top 100 Hospitals.
Is Mammography Really Less Effective at Finding Breast Cancer?
The Canadian Trial, which has been in the news recently, claims to show new evidence that mammography is less effective than the majority of other trials have indicated. It is important to understand that this is not new evidence, but the same evidence that was rejected nearly twenty years ago when investigators exposed serious issues with the way the trial was conducted.