2024
A Survey of Patient Experience During Molecular Breast Imaging
Hruska C, Gray L, Jenkins S, Block E, Hunt K, Conners A, Zingula S, O'Connor M, Rhodes D. A Survey of Patient Experience During Molecular Breast Imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine Technology 2024, 52: jnmt.123.266856. PMID: 38839120, PMCID: PMC11149590, DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.123.266856.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient experiencePersonal history of breast cancerDense breastsSurvey of patient experienceHistory of breast cancerPositive patient experienceAssociated with respondents' ageImprove patient experienceSoliciting patient feedbackPatient comfort levelMammographically dense breastsPatient feedbackStudy consentMolecular breast imagingNeck discomfortRespondents' agePersonal historyMammographyComfort levelSource of discomfortBreast compressionBreast cancerEvaluating patientsInfluence willingnessRespondents
2015
Diagnostic workup and costs of a single supplemental molecular breast imaging screen of mammographically dense breasts.
Hruska CB, Conners AL, Jones KN, O'Connor MK, Moriarty JP, Boughey JC, Rhodes DJ. Diagnostic workup and costs of a single supplemental molecular breast imaging screen of mammographically dense breasts. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2015, 204: 1345-53. PMID: 26001247, PMCID: PMC5036572, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.14.13306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBenign biopsy rateDiagnostic workupBiopsy rateDense breastsAdditional diagnostic workupCancer detection rateMammography of womenBreast imaging examinationsPositive predictive valueDual-head gamma cameraImaging examinationsPredictive valueMolecular breastBiopsyPatientsWorkupBreastScreening mammographyCancerWomenMammographyMalignancyReference standardGamma cameraDetection rateJournal club: molecular breast imaging at reduced radiation dose for supplemental screening in mammographically dense breasts.
Rhodes DJ, Hruska CB, Conners AL, Tortorelli CL, Maxwell RW, Jones KN, Toledano AY, O'Connor MK. Journal club: molecular breast imaging at reduced radiation dose for supplemental screening in mammographically dense breasts. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2015, 204: 241-51. PMID: 25615744, PMCID: PMC4423604, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.14.13357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer detection rateMolecular breast imagingDense breastsOverall cancer detection rateInvasive cancer detection rateDetection ratePositive predictive valueRadiation dose reductionAsymptomatic womenBilateral cancerDCIS detectionSupplemental screeningInvasive diseaseBiopsy rateDose reductionReduced radiation dosePredictive valueMolecular breastBreastScreening mammographyDiagnostic performanceRadiopharmaceutical activityCancerRadiation doseMammography