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Contents

• Web Sites & Documents
• Disorders & Conditions
• Exams and Procedures
• Other Topics
• Publications
• Disorders & Conditions
• Exams and Procedures
• Videos
• Exams and Procedures

Web Sites & Documents

Disorders & Conditions

Benign Breast Conditions

• MedlinePlus - Fibrocystic Breast Disease

Breast Cancer

• breastcancer.org
• MedlinePlus - Breast Cancer
• National Consortium of Breast Centers
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Breast Cancer in Men

• MedlinePlus - Male Breast Cancer

Colorectal (Colon) Cancer

• Colorectal Cancer Coalition

Groin and Abdominal Hernias

• MedlinePlus - Hernia

Heart Disease

• Medline Plus - Heart Diseases-Prevention
• RadiologyInfo - Angiography
• Your Disease Risk

Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism

• MedlinePlus - Thyroid Diseases

Kidney Disease

• Mayo Clinic - Kidney Diseases
• Medline Plus - Kidney Diseases
• National Kidney Foundation

Liver Cancer

• Medline Plus - Liver Cancer

Lung Cancer

• MedlinePlus - Lung Cancer
• National Cancer Institute

Osteoporosis

• MedlinePlus - Osteoporosis
• National Osteoporosis Foundation

Thyroid Cancer and Thyroid Nodules

• MedlinePlus - Thyroid Diseases
• Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc.

Urinary Incontinence

• MedlinePlus - Urinary Incontinence
• Overview of Urinary Incontinence

Uterine Fibroids

• ask4UFE.com
• Fibroids1

Varicose Veins

• MedlinePlus - Varicose Veins

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Exams and Procedures

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stent Graft

• MedicineNet

Aneurysm Embolization

• RadiologyInfo En Español

Body Composition - DXA

• Body Composition - Body Fat - Body Weight
• Body Composition Assessments
• Body Mass Index Calculator
• Calculate Your Body Mass Index
• National Obesity Education Initiative
• Waist Hip Ratio

Bone Density Test - DXA

• Calcium Counter
• International Society for Clinical Densitometry
• National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis & Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center
• National Osteoporosis Foundation

Breast Biopsy

• RadiologyInfo En Español (estereotáctica)
• RadiologyInfo En Español (ultrasonido)

Breast MRI

• RadiologyInfo
• RadiologyInfo En Español

Chemoembolization of Tumors

• RadiologyInfo En Español

Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring

• RadiologyInfo En Español

CT Angiography / MR Angiography

• RadiologyInfo (MR)
• RadiologyInfo En Español (CT)
• RadiologyInfo En Español (MR)

CT Scan

• Radiology Info
• RadiologyInfo En Español

Diagnostic Mammography

• American Cancer Society
• BreastCancer.org
• RadiologyInfo
• RadiologyInfo En Español
• Susan B. Komen for the Cure

Image Guided Biopsy

• RadiologyInfo En Español

Kyphoplasty

• eMedicine
• RadiologyInfo En Español

Lung Cancer Screening

• American Cancer Society - Lung Cancer Non-Small Cell
• American Cancer Society - Lung Cancer Small Cell
• National Cancer Institute

MRI & Open MRI

• RadiologyInfo
• RadiologyInfo En Español

Nuclear Medicine

• RadiologyInfo
• RadiologyInfo En Español

Radiofrequency Ablation

• RadiologyInfo En Español

Screening Mammography

• American Cancer Society
• BreastCancer.org
• RadiologyInfo
• RadiologyInfo En Español
• Susan B. Komen for the Cure

Ultrasound

• RadiologyInfo
• RadiologyInfo En Español

Uterine Fibroid Embolization

• RadiologyInfo En Español

Vertebroplasty

• eMedicine
• RadiologyInfo En Español
• Society of Interventional Radiology

Virtual Colonoscopy

• CTC Is Hot... And Is About to Get Hotter (page 5)
• National Trial Confirms Use of CT Colonography for Colorectal Cancer Screening
• RadiologyInfo
• RadiologyInfo En Español
• RSNA2005 - Lessons for CT Colonography (CTC) Training and Certification

X-Ray

• Radiology Info En Español

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Other Topics

Anatomy of the Breast

• Are You Dense?

Hereditary Breast Cancer

• Myriad Genetic Laboratories
• National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet - BRCA1 and BRCA2: Cancer Risk and Genetic Testing

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Publications

Disorders & Conditions

Breast Cancer

• A prospective study of recreational physical activity and breast cancer risk. Arch Intern Med. 1999 Oct 25;159(19):2290-6.
• Association of Frequency and Duration of Aspirin Use and Hormone Receptor Status With Breast Cancer Risk. JAMA. 2004;291:2433-2440.
• Risks and Benefits of Estrogen Plus Progestin in Healthy Postmenopausal Women: Principal Results From the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA. Jul 2002; 288: 321 – 333

Groin and Abdominal Hernias

• Rapp CL, Stavros AT, Meyers PR. Ultrasound of Abdominal Wall Hernias. JDMS 1999; 15:231-235.

Heart Disease

• Philip Greenland, M.D., and J. Michael Gaziano, M.D., M.P.H., Selecting Asymptomatic Patients for Coronary Computed Tomography or Electrocardiographic Exercise Testing, N Engl J Med 2003;349:465-73.
• Philip Greenland, MD, Laurie LaBree, MS, Coronary Artery Calcium Score Combined With Framingham Score for Risk Prediction in Asymptomatic Individuals, JAMA. 2004;291:210-215.

Thyroid Cancer and Thyroid Nodules

• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists

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Exams and Procedures

Diagnostic Mammography

• Pisano E. D., Gatsonis C., Hendrick E. Diagnostic Performance of Digital versus Film Mammography for Breast-Cancer Screening. N Engl J Med 2005.

Screening Mammography

• Pisano E. D., Gatsonis C., Hendrick E. Diagnostic Performance of Digital versus Film Mammography for Breast-Cancer Screening. N Engl J Med 2005.

Virtual Colonoscopy

• A comparison of virtual and conventional colonoscopy for the detection of colorectal polyps. N Engl J Med 1999; 341:1496-1503.
• Clinical Practice: Screening for colorectal cancer. NEJM 2002; 346:40-44.
• Computed tomographic colonography (virtual colonoscopy): a multicenter comparison with standard colonoscopy for detection of colorectal neoplasia. JAMA 2004; 291:1713-1719.
• Computed tomographic virtual colonoscopy to screen for colorectal neoplasia in asymptomatic adults. N Engl J Med 2003; 349:2191-2200.
• CT Colonography versus Colonoscopy for the Detection of Advanced Neoplasia. N Engl J Med 2007;357:1403-12.
• Detection of colorectal lesions with virtual computed tomographic colonography. Am J Surg 2002; 183:124-131.
• Risk and reluctance: understanding impediments to colorectal cancer screening. Prev Med 2001; 32:502-513.
• Use of colonoscopy to screen asymptomatic adults for colorectal cancer. NEJM 2000; 343:162-168.

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Videos

Exams and Procedures

Aneurysm Embolization

• Boston Scientific Coil Embolization
• Boston Scientific Coil Embolization with Stent
• Micrus Coiling Video

AVM/DAVF Embolization of the Brain or Spine

• Cordis Neurovascular Liquid Embolic System

Chemoembolization of Tumors

• Interview with Dr. Charles Nutting on Chemoembolization

Endovenous Laser Therapy (EVLT)

• VenaCure Videos (in the right column)

Virtual Colonoscopy

• Virtual Colonoscopy Exam Results 1
• Virtual Colonoscopy Exam Results 2