Breast cancer is leading cause of mortality among women compared to other types of cancers. Hence, early breast cancer diagnosis is crucial to the success of treatment. Various pathological and imaging tests are available for the diagnosis of breast cancer. However, it may introduce errors during detection and interpretation, leading to false-negative and false-positive results due to lack of pre-processing of it. To overcome this issue, we proposed a effective image pre-processing technique-based on Otsu's thresholding and single-seeded region growing (SSRG) to remove artefacts and segment the pectoral muscle from breast mammograms. To validate the proposed method, a publicly available MIAS dataset was utilised. The experimental finding showed that proposed technique improved 18% breast cancer detection accuracy compared to existing methods. The proposed methodology works efficiently for artefact removal and pectoral segmentation at different shapes and nonlinear patterns.

Title: False-Positive Mammogram Result Traumatic for Most Women: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 8/26/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/26/2015 12:00:00 AM

While mammograms for early detection of medlinkbreast cancer/medlink save lives, false positives can cause medlinkanxiety/medlink and financial strain.

Many women are afraid or embarrassed to have mammograms. I help women understand the test and make them feel more comfortable with it. I believe it would be in the public interest to make this information more widely available as mammograms are the gold standard in the early detection of breast cancer. Until a better test is available, women have to have mammograms, and my hope is to make it easier for them to do so.

A 33-year-old Victorian woman who was repeatedly denied breast screenings because of her age is urging other women to "follow their instincts" after being diagnosed with cancer.

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Category: Health News
Created: 5/1/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Title: Longer Wait for Mammogram After Benign Breast Biopsy May Be Warranted
Category: Health News
Created: 5/2/2013 12:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/3/2013 12:00:00 AM

Title: Earlier Mammograms May Mean Less Need for Aggressive Treatments
Category: Health News
Created: 5/3/2018 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/4/2018 12:00:00 AM

Title: Breast Cancer Prognosis May Be Worse If Diagnosis Follows 'Negative' Mammogram
Category: Health News
Created: 5/3/2018 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/4/2018 12:00:00 AM

Title: Obamacare May Have Boosted Use of Mammograms
Category: Health News
Created: 5/1/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/4/2020 12:00:00 AM