The malignancy rates detailed in this study reaffirm the logic that all developing asymmetries should be treated as suspicious, doctors reported this week in Radiology.

"This is very exciting because it brings us that much closer to detecting CTE in living people," explained lead author of the study, Michael Alosco, PhD.

The effort is focused on outpatient imaging centers and should bring more consistency to cancer treatment and therapy.

The comprehensive approach yields crucial information usually obtained via CT and MRI, which can cut time to diagnosis, experts explained.

Imaging ranks fourth among the top five highest medical specialty pay gaps, surpassed only by anesthesiology, OB-GYN and orthopedic surgery.

Radiologists should know that the more they use simultaneous multi-slice settings, the more likely artifacts are to appear.

“A pandemic is not the time to be cutting access to doctors for patients on Medicare,” said Rep. Kim Schrier, MD, D-Wash. 

The answer may help counsel patients on their predicted timeline of symptoms, experts explained in Radiology.

Of the 17 institutions collaborating on the project, eight are minority-serving organizations.

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