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Filter by:The purpose of this investigation is to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate the potential for implementing the developed decision support tool with Latina, Black, and non-Latina White women. The investigators will collect feasibility data and assess the use of the decision support tool with end-users. The aim is to determine if women using the decision support tool make more informed choices measured by knowledge, attitudes, and intentions.
Every year millions of mammograms are performed worldwide, representing the primary examination for the early diagnosis of breast cancer. Despite continuous advances in medicine and technology, an aspect of mammography has not changed in over fifty years: the breast is still compressed on the detector because this allows to reduce the thickness of the breast thus improving the quality of the diagnostic image and reducing the dose of radiation necessary to obtain a clear image. Many women perceive as painful this compression, including women who have been treated for breast cancer. Pain can discourage asymptomatic women to present themselves periodically to screening mammography, while an increasing number of women in follow-up after conservative surgery have to withstand the pain caused by mammography. Some studies mention various factors that are responsible for pain when performing mammography: breast sensitivity, anxiety level, expected pain and staff attitude. Some studies have also identified breast density, breast volume and menstrual phase as other influencing factors, although not all studies support these hypothesis. The technical characteristics of the equipment can greatly affect annoyance, sense of oppression, pain. The technological proposals to reduce the discomfort of the patients concern various items: flexible compressors, self-compression devices under the supervision of the technician who performs the positioning and the minimum initial compression, environmental factors such as equipment noise reduction, chromatic, sound and sensory effects (eg: aromatic diffusers). The aim of our study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the self-compression compared to the standard one, in reducing annoyance, a sense of oppression and pain, and to evaluate the difference of the average glandular dose given to the woman for each projection. Self-compression may help reaching better compression tolerating the discomfort and pain induced thus allowing to achieve a lower thickness, a lower glandular dose and a better image.
This is a combination retrospective/prospective observational study with two arms:
The primary objective is to compare the predicted lifetime risk values produced by SNP panel assessment to the risk values produced by the prediction models that are most commonly used. A second objective is to examine whether the incorporation of risk assessment panels (standard or SNP based) can improve the positive value of breast biopsies in women with BIRADS 4 mammograms.
The purpose of this study is to compare Zoladex plus tamoxifen with tamoxifen alone as adjuvant hormonal therapy in pre- or perimenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer in terms of breast density, estrogen levels, lipidemia, endometrial thickness and ultrasonographic abnormalities.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the functionality of a new breast compression paddle used in mammography for wire localization.