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.
Breast density is most often discussed within the context of cancer risk, but new research suggests that it also could be used as a marker of cardiometabolic health.
The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer.
Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick has signed the state’s breast density notification bill into law, making Massachusetts the 18th state to enact such a law.
Adding tomosynthesis to digital mammography results in a decrease in recall rates and an increase in cancer detection rates, according to a study published online June 25 by JAMA.
The presence of peritumoral contrast enhancement is a MRI feature that may be solely used to diagnose high-grade soft-tissue sarcomas (STS), according to a study published in the July issue of Radiology.
A pair of this week’s top stories were studies demonstrating the benefits of mammography screening, but the authors of an editorial response to one of the studies seem to remain unimpressed.
A study of Norwegian women invited to a breast cancer screening program indicated that an invitation to undergo modern mammography may reduce deaths, but evolving treatments will likely result in a gradual reduction in screening benefit.
Recognizing an organizing pneumonia pattern in acutely ill patients living in or traveling from endemic areas could assist in the early diagnosis of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), according to a study published online June 11 by the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Three-dimensional digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has showcased significantly improved performance metrics for breast cancer screening in comparison with 2D digital mammography (DM) in community radiology practice, according to a study published online June 11 by the American Journal of Roentgenology.
The incidence of late-stage breast cancers has decreased by 37 percent since the advent of mammography 30 years ago, according to a study published online June 10 in Cancer.
The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.
CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.
