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The American Cancer Society’s (ACS) recent release of yet another set of mammography screening guidelines is adding to the confusion over just when and how often women should undergo mammography. Despite this move by the ACS,...
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), also known as stage 0 breast cancer, is the most common form of non-invasive breast cancer, accounting for about 20% of all new breast cancer cases. “Ductal” indicates that the cancer is found...
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?
Iowa Radiology is committed to providing our patients with the safest and most advanced imaging technology available. Now, we are pleased to add C-View, a new, low-dose breast tomosynthesis technology, to our mammography services.
Iowa Radiology joins the American Medical Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Radiology, the American Cancer Society, the American College of Family Physicians, and the...
New research emerges daily about the exciting new technology of breast tomosynthesis (better known as a “3-D mammogram.” Tomosynthesis provides a more complete picture of breast tissue by taking low-dose x-rays from many angles,...
Breast calcifications are calcium deposits that develop within breast tissue. They are too small to be felt, but they are commonly found on mammograms, appearing as bright white spots. Calcifications are usually benign and are...
