Hospitals Have Many Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Experts Say Radiology departments and operating rooms are good targets Nov 10, 2023
X-Rays Questioned for Diagnosing Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Hardly any patients show abnormalities, so why do them? Nov 08, 2023
FDA Panel Backs High-Risk Designation for Salvaged Blood Irradiators With Class III designation, sponsors would have to prove safety, efficacy with randomized trials Nov 07, 2023
Lung Cancer Survival High at 20 Years With Screen-Detected Tumors After two decades, lung cancer-specific survival remained at 81% in I-ELCAP program Nov 07, 2023
Evidence of Safety, Efficacy for Salvaged Blood Irradiators Lacking, FDA Staff Say Devices are aimed at preventing metastasis during surgery Nov 03, 2023
False-Positive Mammograms May Indicate Higher Breast Cancer Risk in the Future Swedish cohort study shows a 61% increased risk over 20 years Nov 02, 2023
ACS: Millions More Should Get Lung Cancer Screening Notably, new recommendations say it doesn't matter when a person quit smoking Nov 01, 2023
'Practice-Changing' Data in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Strategies involving immunotherapy, induction chemo move the needle for first time in decades Oct 23, 2023
Primary Care Intervention Improved Follow-Up of Abnormal Cancer Screening Results Follow-up testing within 120 days was improved with EHR reminders, patient outreach, navigation Oct 10, 2023
Risk of Contrast Media Causing Acute Kidney Injury Is Overblown, Study Finds Despite restrictions on its use, an association with kidney injury hasn't been shown Oct 10, 2023
Can ctDNA Guide Radiation Use in Oligometastatic NSCLC? Detectable circulating tumor DNA before radiotherapy linked with worse survival Oct 05, 2023
Use of Recent Diagnostic CT Scans for Palliative RT Planning Reduced Treatment Time Time to treatment completion slashed by over 4 hours compared with CT simulation planning Oct 04, 2023
Hypofractionated RT for Breast Cancer Post-Mastectomy as Effective as Standard RT Randomized trial a "game changer" for patients who have implant-based reconstruction, expert says Oct 04, 2023
SBRT Noninferior to Conventional RT for Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer Treatment over 1 to 2 weeks achieves similar outcomes to therapy given for as long as 7.5 weeks Oct 03, 2023
Sexual Activity Lowers Risk of Side Effects After Cervical Cancer Treatment Intercourse and/or vaginal dilation reduces risk of vaginal stenosis Oct 03, 2023
Mortality Risk From Damaged Bronchi Extends to People Without COPD Findings support use of lung imaging for clinically defining bronchiectasis, study authors say Oct 02, 2023
SABR Offers New Hope for Older Patients With Inoperable Kidney Cancer Phase II study shows 100% local control and cancer-specific survival after more than 3 years Oct 01, 2023
Oktoberfest Doctor: Not the Wurst Job You Could Have A Q&A with the head emergency physician at the world's largest beer festival Sep 28, 2023
SBRT Added to Standard Tx Boosts Outcomes in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer Combination improved biochemical response and PFS compared with systemic treatment alone Sep 27, 2023
AI Not Ready to Replace Radiologists Interpreting Chest X-Rays Commercial tools show low sensitivity in some cases Sep 26, 2023
Diagnostic CV Procedures Rebounded After Dipping in 2020 U.S. procedural volumes exceeded March 2019 levels by 4% in April 2021 Sep 22, 2023
Ultrasound May Help Early Breast Cancer Patients Avoid SLNB No axillary surgery matches SLNB for patients with a negative ultrasound of axillary lymph nodes Sep 21, 2023
AI Has an Image Problem in Healthcare, Expert Says Yes, it needs guardrails, but it also offers big opportunities, notes former Microsoft executive Sep 19, 2023
Guide to the Coronary Artery Calcium Scan: 2023 Update The Skeptical Cardiologist on how CAC scans fit into current practice in preventive cardiology Sep 16, 2023
ERS Roundup: Cell Transplant Boosts Lung Function in COPD Patients Plus: idrevloride for primary ciliary dyskinesia and ultrasound for pulmonary embolism Sep 15, 2023
Individualized SABR for Lung Tumors Yields Low Recurrence Rates Strategy also results in low rates of severe toxic effects Sep 14, 2023
IMRT Best for Locally Advanced NSCLC, Study Suggests Technique reduces risk of severe lung toxicity and radiation to the heart compared with 3D-CRT Sep 13, 2023
Opt-Out Strategy Fails to Improve Breast Cancer Screening Completion Rates Opt-out vs opt-in approach also resulted in more canceled referrals, increasing burden for staff Sep 11, 2023
Study Questions Value of Interim PET Imaging to Guide Frontline Hodgkin Treatment One of 40 patients changed treatment but all remained on brentuximab regardless of scan results Sep 09, 2023
Kim Kardashian's Problematic Post Is About More Than MRIs The downside of healthcare influencers Aug 30, 2023
Compound in Beetroot Juice Fends Off Contrast-Induced AKI "Provocative" results for inorganic nitrate pill shown in NITRATE-CIN trial Aug 29, 2023
Does Cancer Screening Actually Extend Lives? A series of articles look at whether the benefits for the few warrant the harms for the many Aug 28, 2023
AI-Backed Mammography Keeps Up With Docs for Cancer Detection But can AI capture relevant biological features of detected lesions? Aug 01, 2023
MR-Guided Adaptive SBRT Tied to Reduced Side Effects in Prostate Cancer However, this technique requires more time and resources than standard techniques Jul 24, 2023
Immunotherapy Added to SABR Improves Event-Free Survival in Early NSCLC Approach is "potentially practice-changing," editorialist says Jul 20, 2023
Retinal OCT Shows Promise as Diagnostic Aid for Mild Cognitive Impairment Matched scans exhibit good repeatability, distinguish normal cognition from mild impairment Jul 17, 2023
Low Amyloid Burden Bodes Well for Future Dementia Risk A ray of hope amidst disappointing results from A4 trial Jul 17, 2023
Oral Cancer Patients Face Worse Outcomes With Delayed Radiation Therapy Failure to initiate adjuvant radiation therapy within 6 weeks tied to survival rates Jul 10, 2023
Primary Surgery vs Radiation in Oropharyngeal Cancer: Does One Come Out a Winner? Higher short-term dysphagia risk with surgery, but RT/CRT had worse 5-year OS Jul 09, 2023
IMRT Dosing Strategy Eases Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer A new standard for patients receiving intensity-modulated radiotherapy for pharyngeal cancers? Jul 07, 2023
