After witnessing a 6-fold increase in early-stage cancer diagnoses and no change in late-stage disease numbers, experts began to question ongoing screening methods.

Updated department protocols dropped the median monthly number of abdominopelvic CTs with and without contrast from 74 scans down to 53, experts explained in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

More than 70% of those results held clinical significance, prompting providers to call for enhanced communication practices.

“Our hope is to change the course of neurodegeneration, with the long-term goal of curing diseases in their earliest stages, years before symptoms are even seen,” a doctor involved in the study said.

Radiologists should complete specific training to understand these measurements before using membranous urethra length as a predictor of postoperative continence, University of Michigan researchers suggested.

The maximum charge for a contrast-enhanced pelvic CT was listed as $14,238 compared to a minimum of $193, exemplifying a wide variation in exam pricing.

What if artificial intelligence (AI) could support doctors in making decisions faster?

More women did report having access to such exams, however, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

The model did miss four cancers, prompting one expert to question if radiologists could ever trust a tool knowing it wasn't 100% accurate.

A data breach at Touchstone Medical Imaging facilities in Texas is costing patients thousands of dollars, according to a report from CBSN Dallas-Fort Worth.