Feasibility of personalized screening and prevention recommendations in the general population through breast cancer risk assessment: results from a dedicated risk clinic.

Purpose: A personalized approach to prevention and early detection based on known risk factors should contribute to early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. We initiated a risk assessment clinic for all women wishing to undergo an individual breast cancer risk assessment.

Methods: Women underwent a complete breast cancer assessment including a questionnaire, mammogram with evaluation of breast density, collection of saliva sample, consultation with a radiologist, and a breast cancer specialist.

Ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of breast fibroadenoma-a multicenter experience.

Background: The aim of our multicenter study was to assess the clinical outcome and safety of ultrasound (US)-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in patients with breast fibroadenoma (FA).

Methods: From May 2011 to February 2013, 42 women with 51 FA in one or both breasts were selected for treatment with US-guided HIFU. Eight of 51 FA were treated twice.

Detection of pelvic vein thrombosis by magnetic resonance angiography in patients with acute pulmonary embolism and normal lower limb compression ultrasonography.

Study Objective: In patients with proven acute pulmonary embolism (PE), a systematic search for "residual" deep vein thrombosis (DVT) using venography or compression duplex ultrasonography (CDUS) of the lower limbs is negative in 20 to 50% of patients. We hypothesized that undetectable pelvic vein thrombosis (from the external iliac vein to the inferior vena cava) could account for a substantial proportion of patients with negative CDUS findings. Using a noninvasive test, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), the objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of pelvic DVT in patients with acute PEs and normal findings on lower limb CDUS.