2020
Supplemental screening in the dense breast: does molecular breast imaging have a role?
Rhodes DJ. Supplemental screening in the dense breast: does molecular breast imaging have a role? Menopause The Journal Of The North American Menopause Society 2020, 27: 110-112. PMID: 31880677, DOI: 10.1097/gme.0000000000001471.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Background parenchymal uptake on molecular breast imaging as a breast cancer risk factor: a case-control study
Hruska CB, Scott CG, Conners AL, Whaley DH, Rhodes DJ, Carter RE, O’Connor M, Hunt KN, Brandt KR, Vachon CM. Background parenchymal uptake on molecular breast imaging as a breast cancer risk factor: a case-control study. Breast Cancer Research 2016, 18: 42. PMID: 27113363, PMCID: PMC4845425, DOI: 10.1186/s13058-016-0704-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBackground parenchymal uptakeCase-control studyBreast cancer casesRisk factorsBreast cancerCancer casesParenchymal uptakeIncident breast cancer casesBreast cancer risk factorsRetrospective case-control studyDense breastsConditional logistic regression analysisInvasive breast cancer casesPostmenopausal hormone useCancer risk factorsFunctional imaging biomarkersBreast cancer riskLogistic regression analysisBI-RADS densityPostmenopausal womenEligible womenMenopausal statusHormone useMedian ageSupplemental screening
2015
Journal 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