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Ottawa Citizen
Christina Applegate fighting breast cancer
RTE.ie, Ireland -
The statement said: "Benefiting from early detection through a doctor-ordered MRI, the cancer is not life threatening. Christina is following the ...
AssociatedPress
Christina Applegate Battling Breast Cancer E! Online
Christina Applegate, Breast Cancer and Early Detection Associated Content
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Health Issues: Christina Applegate, Bernie Mac & Shia LeBeouf
NBC5i.com, TX -
Hopefully this will spur more women to be vigilant about early detection of breast cancer. I like Christina --- I think she's adorable and funny. ...

The Associated Press
Reports: Christina Applegate has breast cancer
The Associated Press - Aug 3, 2008
Benefiting from early detection through a doctor ordered MRI, the cancer is not life threatening. Christina is following the recommended treatment of her ...
Freeman seriously hurt in crash
Arizona Republic, AZ -
... 36, has been diagnosed with breast cancer, according to her publicist. "Benefiting from early detection through a doctor-ordered MRI, the cancer is not ...
MaryEllen Locher Breast Center in Chattanooga Offers Premier ...
MarketWatch - Jul 14, 2008
The Aurora System is the only Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared dedicated breast MRI system specifically developed for the detection, diagnosis and ...
Wellness Lubbock Newest Imaging Center in Texas to Offer the ...
MarketWatch - Jul 21, 2008
The Aurora System is the only Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared dedicated breast MRI system specifically designed for the detection, diagnosis and ...PINK:TIGC
Cutting-Edge Care
RedOrbit, TX - Aug 4, 2008
MRI detection of breast cancer has long been available, and is especially useful in detecting cancer in high-risk women that may have small, elusive breast ...
Aurora? Breast MRI Society debuts the Journal of Breast MRI
Medicexchange, UK - Jul 7, 2008
... and best practices for the detection, diagnosis and management of breast disease. "Since the establishment of the Aurora Breast MRI Society in 2006, ...
'Dark Knight' fends off 'The Mummy' to rule over box office; Rep ...
Austin American-Statesman, TX - Aug 3, 2008
The 36-year-old actress was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer, the rep said. "Benefiting from early detection through a doctor-ordered MRI, ...
Report Calls Breast Self-Exams Unhelpful
Gather.com, MA - Jul 29, 2008
... about the detection of breast cancer. You're probably familiar with the drill: Women at high risk may get other tests, including ultrasound and MRI. ...
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… on evaluation of MRI and other imaging modalities in early detection of breast cancer in subjects … -
F Podo, F Sardanelli, R Canese, GD'Agnolo, PG … - J Exp Clin Cancer Res, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Italian multi-centre project on evaluation of MRI and other imaging modalities
in early detection of breast cancer in subjects at high genetic risk. ...

Sensitivity of enhanced MRI for the detection of breast cancer: new, multicentric, residual, and … -
PL Davis - European Radiology, 1997 - Springer
... Fat suppression or subtraction have also improved breast MRI images and cancer
detection. Sensitivity of enhanced MRI for detection of breast cancer ...

Detection of tumor angiogenesis in vivo by alpha v bold beta 3-targeted magnetic resonance imaging -
DA Sipkins, DA Cheresh, MR Kazemi, LM Nevin, MD … - Nature Medicine, 1998 - nature.com
... Detection of tumor angiogenesis in vivo by v 3 -targeted magnetic resonance imaging. ... |
ISI | ChemPort |; Weinreb, JC & Newstead, G. Controversies in breast MRI. ...

[PDF] Secondary surgical cytoreduction for advanced ovarian carcinoma -
PG Rose, S Nerenstone, MF Brady, D Clarke-Pearson, … - N Engl J Med, 2004 - acogjnl.highwire.org
... OBJECTIVE: To determine the accuracy of breast MRI in con- junction with mammography
for the detection of breast cancer in patients with suspicious ...
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Earlier detection of breast cancer by surveillance of women at familial risk -
MMA Tilanus-Linthorst, CCM Bartels, AIM Obdeijn, M … - European Journal of Cancer, 2000 - Elsevier
... some years before the youngest age of onset in the family may result in higher
detection rates. Screening with MRI can detect breast cancers, still occult at ...

Detection of breast cancer with conventional mammography and contrast-enhanced MR imaging -
GM Kacl, PF Liu, JF Debatin, E Garzoli, RF Caduff, … - European Radiology, 1998 - Springer
... study was to assess the diagnostic performance of conventional mammography and dy-
namic contrast-enhanced MRI regarding the detection of breast malignancy in ...

Mapping pathophysiological features of breast tumors by MRI at high spatial resolution -
H Degani, V Gusis, D Weinstein, S Fields, S Strano - Nature Medicine, 1997 - nature.com
... Although standard breast MRI cannot clearly delineate breast cancer, contrast-enhanced
MRI enables the detection of breast masses with high sensitivity 1,2 . ...

[BOOK] Contrast-enhanced MRI of the breast -
SH Heywang-Kobrunner - 1996 - star-program.de
... meanwhile. - Detection of malignancy in high risk patients with mam-
mographically dense breast tissue. Here ce MRI may also be ...
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Nonrigid registration using free-form deformations: application tobreast MR images -
D Rueckert, LI Sonoda, C Hayes, DLG Hill, MO Leach … - Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
... women. Typically, the detection of breast cancer in MRI requires the injection
of a contrast agent such as Gadolinium DTPA. It is ...

First experiences in screening women at high risk for breast cancer with MR imaging -
MMA Tilanus-Linthorst, IMM Obdeijn, KCM Bartels, … - Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2000 - Springer
... So breast MRI is likely to have advanced the detection of these three cancers.
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Enhanced Breast MRI System Shows Great Promise In The Early Detection And Treatment Of Breast Cancer

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Researchers from Florida Atlantic University, the Center for Breast Care at the Women's Center at Boca Raton Community Hospital, and MeVis, The Center for Diagnostic Systems and Visualization at the University of Breman, Germany have developed new techniques to aid clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. They have developed and piloted a unique software platform utilizing computational clinical imaging techniques for the analysis and display of serial-time MRI, which is showing great promise in the early detection and treatment of breast cancer.

These FDA-approved techniques were developed at MeVis, The Center for Diagnostics Systems and Visualization, under the direction of Dr. Heinz-Otto Peitgen, who is also a faculty member in the department of mathematical sciences at FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. Peitgen used the mathematical concept of fractals to begin developing this unique software.

"Fractals are large, irregular geometric patterns made up of infinitely smaller, but identical, irregular patterns," said Peitgen. "Fractal theory provided an appropriate platform upon which to build the software program because the ducts within human breast tissue have fractal properties."

Breast MRI is a relatively new tool used by physicians to diagnose breast cancer as an adjunct to conventional mammography. Breast MRI displays the behavior of a cancerous lesion in three dimensions and approaches a nearly 100 percent accuracy rate in the detection of invasive cancer. In contrast, mammography provides a two-dimensional view of the breast and surrounding tissue and only detects 80 to 85 percent of tumors. One of the main strengths of MRI is its precise delineation of soft tissue and its ability to image the breast in fine sections dynamically by taking multiple MRI images over time. The percentage of medical centers doing breast MRI is small, but growing.

A recent study spearheaded by Dr. Kathy Schilling, medical director of Imaging and Intervention at the Center for Breast Care at the Women's Center at Boca Raton Community Hospital, was published in The American Journal of Radiology and entitled "Assessment of Suspected Breast Cancer by MRI - A Prospective Clinical Trial Using a Combined Kinetic and Morphologic Analysis." Findings of this study showed that in over 30 percent of patients there were additional tumors in the same breast, and in almost 10 percent of the patients there were tumors in the opposite breast.

"These tumors were not found using mammography or ultrasound," said Schilling. "We also found a resulting change in the course of treatment in nearly 25 percent of patients undergoing surgery for newly diagnosed breast cancer." In addition, findings from this study showed that MRI directed biopsies using computational clinical imaging led to definitive conclusions, demonstrating the clinical utility of this unique approach.

According to Dr. Roger Goldwyn, faculty member in FAU's department of mathematical sciences and director of the proposed Center for the Development of Computational Clinical Imaging at FAU, "Our approach is to use innovative image-processing tools to find additional tumors and to help determine patient management outcomes. These techniques have also led to biopsies directed by these image-processing tools, surgical planning modifications, and monitoring effectiveness of chemotherapy."

The Center for Breast Care at Boca Raton Community Hospital is a high volume center, handling more than 45,000 cases per year and finding more than 320 new breast cancers annually. In conjunction with FAU, the Center for Breast Care is developing their expertise in the use of computer-aided clinical imaging to assist clinicians nationwide. The integration of this software into general imaging departments involved in breast cancer diagnosis will enable better care, a reduction in costs for unnecessary surgeries, and ultimately result in improved patient survival. The Center for Breast Care is also working with experts at FAU in the university's medical school program to further develop these specialized tools and continue to evaluate them in pilot studies to examine their ability to save lives.

"Our researchers at FAU will continue to conduct clinical evaluations and collaborate with the Center for Breast Care and MeVis to further develop these tools for use by clinicians in more routine settings in order to have a wider impact on patient care," said Dr. Larry F. Lemanski, vice president for research at FAU.

American women have a one in nine chance of developing breast cancer during their lifetime. Early detection is the single most effective tool in fighting breast cancer. The sooner the cancer is detected, the more options a woman has for treatment and the better her chance for survival. Methods for detection include mammography -- a safe, low-dose x-ray of the breast -- that can be a vital tool in helping to discover small lumps up to two years before they can be felt in a physical exam. With mammography, however, only 80 to 85 percent of tumors are detected, leaving 15-20 percent of tumors undetected. These undetected tumors will enlarge and become more lethal before they are identified in a later screening or when they become clinically apparent.

Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the university serves 26,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses strategically located along 150 miles of Florida's southeastern coastline. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts eight colleges -- the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, and the Colleges of Business, Education, Engineering & Computer Science, and Architecture, Urban & Public Affairs.

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