Doctor Speaks up about new Canadian guidelines on Breast MRI November 23, 2011 Dr. Elaine Chin, a physician residing in Toronto Canada, speaks up about the ethical implications of restricting patient’s access to MRI Breast Screening. In her blog article titled “Cost Trumps Life” Dr. Chin brings to light the limitations the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care have rendered upon the citizens of Canada regarding the...

Would you believe the youngest breast cancer patient is 4 years old? Not only have I sometimes heard complaints from medical staff when exams are ordered to be performed on the elderly, but worse yet, I have heard complaints when they are ordered on children. “Why are we working on this person?” is the usual statement I’ve heard, but I want to say to those health care workers who work on the elderly and the very young, you...

American Cancer Society says Breast MRI is Useful A woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer every two minutes, making it one of the leading cancers in women. Now, new medical technologies are giving women, who are at high-risk for abnormalities, another option in early detection. Statistics are around an average of one in every eight women fall victims to breast cancer. With yearly mammograms, early detection...

Sentinelle Sells to Hologic for 85 Million $ July 7th, 2010 it was announced that Sentinelle Medical will be acquired by Hologic Imaging for $85 Million. Almost a year ago, Cameron Piron, CEO of Sentinelle Medical and Ian Heynan, CFO invited MRI Optimize Consultants business partners, Rosemary Fisher and Catherine Leyen to Toronto to meet with them and discuss dynamic breast MRI imaging.  After several conference phone calls from the busy...

Many Women Refuse MRIs As reported by Susan G. Komen News December 2009: Despite MRI being one of the greatest inventions of the twentieth century, requiring no x-radiation to create the images, would you believe that many women refuse MRIs? In a breast cancer screening study, 42% of intermediate- and high-risk women were offered breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Many women refuse MRI as  the procedure of choice for high risk...

Study reports Breast MRI Study could reduce breast cancer recurrence. We want to share this important story with you because it is from a valid source of science and it states a study reports Breast MRI study could reduce breast cancer recurrence. This is an important point when dealing with your life or the lives of women. Many insurance companies will allow for the annual breast mri examination because it is important in the formula to...

It seems researchers at UCLA redefining approaches to breast cancer diagnosis. Below is a piece of a breast imaging article as it appeared in the Baltimore Sun on May 12, 2010. Several physicians discuss the differences in breast imaging modalities, and the benefits of each. It seems breast MRI gets pushed to the back of the line merely because it has been dubbed the most costly. When breast cancer is caught early and a life is saved...