{"id":150157,"date":"2021-10-20T12:23:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T22:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=150157"},"modified":"2021-10-20T12:23:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T22:23:22","slug":"3m-to-reduce-breast-biopsies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/20\/3m-to-reduce-breast-biopsies\/","title":{"rendered":"$3M to reduce biopsies, improve breast cancer screening"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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A 3D illustration of breast cancer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s breast cancer incidence rate is nearly 10% higher than that of the U.S.<\/abbr> as a whole. Breast cancer affects thousands of families across the islands, with more than 1,200 cases diagnosed each year in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. Individuals with a family history of breast cancer are at even higher risk for the disease, and will often receive mammograms and breast examinations more frequently than others. <\/p>\n

The National Cancer Institute (NCI<\/abbr>) has awarded $3 million to a University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> cancer researcher and his colleague to identify ways to improve breast cancer imaging analysis in order to reduce unnecessary biopsies. Biopsies are conducted to determine whether lesions detected through mammograms are malignant (cancerous) or benign (non- cancerous). In the U.S.<\/abbr>, 71% of biopsies do not result in a breast cancer diagnosis. <\/p>\n

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