With up to 30% of breast cancers developing in between screenings, there is a great need to improve risk assessments, experts discussed recently in Radiology.

“For decades, the patients in our group have testified that they don’t feel they’ve recovered, and we hope our study will provide further clues about what happens in the brain,” experts involved in the study said.

Reactive axillary lymph nodes seen on screening mammograms after vaccination can last for many months and should not be cause for imaging delays, experts reported in Radiology.

Production of Lu-177 is expected to resume on Saturday, Feb. 12, but the Mo-99 supply shortage could continue for weeks.

Out of the patients who were eligible for LDCT, 88% followed through with their appointment, researchers reported in JACR.

For the program, subspecialists reviewed outside reads from community radiologists and consulted them on any discrepancies. 

When MRI is not feasible, computed tomography of the spine could offer a quick solution for diagnosing acute versus chronic fractures.

The proposed plan would have relaxed requirements for handling and administering unsealed radiopharmaceutical materials, which could present safety concerns, the ACR cautioned.

“Beyond causing a negative patient experience, stress and anxiety also relate to unexpected patient-related events, which delay the clinical workflow and effect a significant amount of lost revenue," experts said in JACR.

Combining radiomic data from imaging exams with genomic insights may be a long way off, but its potential may change the oncology landscape, experts suggested in Clinical Imaging.