Radiofrequency Pulses End Back Pain Probes guided to herniated disk appears to enhance pain relief and healing Nov 30, 2018
Machine Learning Allows for Low-Dose Gadolinium Contrast Minimal loss of resolution with 10% Gd dose Nov 30, 2018
Morning Break: Measles Rebound; New FDA Warnings; Cancer Dx Scares Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Nov 30, 2018
Digital Mammograms Show Vulnerability to Cyberattacks Two out of three radiologists couldn't tell that images were manipulated Nov 28, 2018
Ultrasound for Diabetes Screening? Brightness of deltoid muscle can give clues to diabetes status Nov 27, 2018
Women 75 and Older Benefit from Annual Mammo Significant number of invasive cancers found Nov 26, 2018
No Surgery May Be Feasible in Gleason 9-10 Prostate Ca Study finds similar outcomes with two multimodal approaches Nov 23, 2018
AMA Urges Coverage for Added Breast Cancer Screening Resolution aimed at women with dense breasts Nov 13, 2018
Simple Ovarian Cysts Hold No Cancer Risk Malignancy extremely rare, don't need surveillance Nov 12, 2018
NCRI: Highlights from the Annual Conference Prostate cancer tradeoffs, rising melanoma mortality, safer regimen for thyroid cancer Nov 05, 2018
Hippocampus-Sparing Radiation a New Option in Brain Mets Patients Approach preserved cognitive function, but patient prognosis a key consideration Oct 24, 2018
Black Race Not Associated with Worse Prostate Ca Outcomes Results contrast with past population registry data Oct 24, 2018 video
SABR Equally Effective in RCC Patients With One or Both Kidneys Minimal side effects reported with high-dose treatment Oct 23, 2018
Cetuximab Fails Twice vs Cisplatin for HPV-Related Oral Ca Cetuximab resulted in more patient deaths across U.S., German studies Oct 23, 2018
Liquid Biopsy Rules Out Relapse in HPV-Positive Oral Ca Test had 100% negative predictive value Oct 23, 2018
Nearly 90% Free of Prostate Ca Progression With ADT, Pelvic Node RT Data also showed trend toward reduction in distant metastases Oct 22, 2018
Aggressive RT, Surgery Doubles OS in NSCLC With Limited Mets If new drug produced such a response it would make "millions," said expert Oct 22, 2018 video
Prostate RT Ups Overall Survival in Metastatic Disease Benefit limited to men with low disease burden Oct 22, 2018
No Increase in Late Effects With Weekly RT in Breast Ca 10-year data show low rate of late-onset effects with 28.5 Gy regimen Oct 21, 2018
RT Add-On Boosts Outcomes in 'Low-Risk' DCIS Breast Ca Highest benefit seen in patients who also used tamoxifen Oct 21, 2018
No 'Sound Science' Behind Avoiding Topical Agents Before RT Increased dose to skin only seen when applying 'copious' amounts Oct 18, 2018
SBRT Doubles 5-Year Survival in Oligometastatic Cancers Most patients in phase II trial had up to three metastatic lesions Oct 17, 2018
Lung Screening Saves Lives, but Who Should Be Screened? Experts debate controversial screening issues in meeting "Smackdown" Oct 11, 2018
Lung Cancer Screening Rates Fall Short in VA Adherence was 77% among those with negative baseline screens Oct 04, 2018
Mastectomy Not the Only Option in Extensive DCIS Lumpectomy plus RT viable if risks, benefits are explained Sep 28, 2018
More Evidence that Screening Cuts Lung Cancer Deaths Significantly lower risk in men and women Sep 26, 2018
No Survival Benefit with Cranial RT for NSCLC Better disease-free survival, fewer brain mets Sep 25, 2018
Machine Tops Humans in Fibrotic Lung Disease Classification Nearly instantaneous results also matched prognostic abilities Sep 18, 2018
Cardiac Imaging in Breast Ca Driven by Therapy Mismatch between patient risk, imaging decisions Sep 06, 2018
ESC: Evidence Grows for HFpEF as Microvascular Disease Studies on exact mechanisms, potential targets still needed Aug 29, 2018
Studies on Post-STEMI Tx Seen Marred by Faulty Endpoint MSI calculated from edema-based AAR problematic, researchers say Jun 13, 2018
Upfront MRI Could Rule Out Prostate Ca in Most, Reduce Biopsy Need Less-costly biparametric MRI can spare men from TRUS biopsy Jun 08, 2018
Pre-Surgical CRT May Boost Survival in Pancreatic Ca Further data needed to clarify best approach and who would benefit most Jun 04, 2018
Vermilion Lip Cancer Tied to Higher Risk of Spread If confirmed, findings may merit inclusion in staging criteria May 04, 2018
Eyes Might ID Preclinical Alzheimer's Presymptomatic patients show foveal thinning, retinal changes Apr 24, 2018
SIRT + Sorafenib = No Survival Bump in Liver Cancer But clinical benefits suggested in certain patients with less severe disease Apr 15, 2018
Radiologists Reconsider Their Divided Specialty As IRs, DRs converge in hospital settings, can they -- should they -- stay independent? Mar 20, 2018
