A recent analysis featured in The Lancet showed that screening mammography results in a 20 percent relative risk reduction. But, it was a bit off the mark when discussing overdiagnosis versus overtreatment.
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While today’s MRI scans effectively confirm the presence of tumors in the human body, they fail to show radiologists what is happening inside of those tumors. But, not for long, thanks to state-of-the-art MRI research from UCSF.
A medical recall of steroid compound used as an injection of spine pain from the New England Compounding Center has been making headlines, but it's important to note that these implicated pharmaceuticals have not been shipped to San Francisco. Learn more.
Cutting-edge research and the Hasegawa Award to be highlighted at the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging's Annual Imaging Research Symposium on October 30, 2012!
Transjugular Interhepatic Portosystemic Shunts, or “TIPS,” is now a common alternative treatment for patients with cirrhosis and other forms of advanced liver disease.
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A recent UCSF study published in the August issue of Radiology confirms the benefit of undergoing semiannual surveillance mammography following breast-conserving therapy as opposed to the existing guide-lines which recommend annual mammography screening.