Iowa Radiology Blog

Colorectal cancer is the third leading type of cancer in both males and females in the United States; of the cancers that affect both genders, it is the second most fatal, trailing only lung cancer.[1] Most colorectal cancers...

Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women in the U.S.; the average risk of a woman developing breast cancer in her lifetime is 1 in 8. For some women with additional risk factors, including a family or personal...

What is inflammatory breast cancer, and how is it different from other types of breast cancer?

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare and particularly aggressive form of breast cancer, in which cancer cells clog the lymph...

Invasive or infiltrating ductal carcinoma (IDC) is the most common type of breast cancer, making up about 80% of all breast cancers.^[1] According to the American Cancer Society, more than 180,000 women in the United States find...

If you or your provider notices a lump or abnormality in your breast tissue, after other non-invasive diagnostic imaging like mammograms, CT scanning, or breast MRI, he or she may have recommended you undergo a biopsy. A biopsy...

Maybe it was in the shower. Or while you were dressing. Maybe it was at the doctor’s office. Wherever you were when you found the lump in your breast, you had the same fear: is it breast cancer? 

Imaging tests like X-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds, and MRIs are extremely useful and advanced methods of detecting and investigating abnormalities deep inside the body. Sometimes, however, it’s impossible to determine from these...

When a radiologist looks at your mammogram, she or he is looking for anything that looks out of the ordinary, such as asymmetry, irregular density, or thickening skin.[1] For this reason, it is very helpful to have past breast...

Modern mammography screening, and especially advanced breast cancer detection techniques such as 3-D digital mammography, ensures that most breast cancers that occur in the U.S. are now caught in early stages, when they are...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently provides funds to all 50 states through the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP). The Iowa Cancer Plan outlines Iowa’s particular goals and targets...