Screening

Diagnostic screening programs help catch cancer, abnormalities or other diseases before they reach an advanced stage, saving lives and healthcare costs. Screening programs include, lung, breast, prostate, and cervical cancer, among many others.

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Image-guided needle breast biopsy best, but underused

AAPM CT protocols tackle dose, CT terminology

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has released scan protocols for frequently performed CT examinations.

New ASRT scholarship to help rad techs earn first degree

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists Foundation has announced the creation of a scholarship aimed at helping radiologic science professionals earn their first academic degree.

Regular mammo screenings can close racial gaps in breast cancer outcomes

Racial gaps in breast cancer outcomes can be improved through regular mammography screening, according to a retrospective study published in the August issue of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.

NIH awards Tufts $3.5M to study optical mammography

The National Institutes of Health (NIHS) has awarded Tufts Medical Center in Boston a $3.5 million grant to conduct a five-year clinical study of optical mammography.

Hola AMIGO!

August marked the one-year anniversary of the first procedures performed in the Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating Suite (AMIGO) at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston.

FDA panel rejects lixivaptan for HF

The FDAs Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee has recommended against the approval of Cornerstone Therapeutics new drug application for lixivaptan (CRTX 080) for the treatment of symptomatic hypervolemic and euvolemic hyponatremia associated with heart failure and syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone, respectively.

Balance sheet shows benefits of mammo screening outweigh harm

The lives saved by population-based mammography screening outweigh the harms caused by overdiagnosis, according to a review of breast cancer screening services in Europe published Sept. 13 in a special supplement of the Journal of Medical Screening. The review showed that for every 1,000 women screened every two years from the age of 50 to the age of about 68 to 69 years, between seven and nine lives would be saved, and four cases of breast cancer would be overdiagnosed.

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