High rates of incidental findings, limited risk-reward outcomes and unnecessary emotional stress suggest to one group of authors that lung cancer screening efforts need to be refined and the risk and benefits clearly communicated to better screen high-risk patients.

A doctor in Alabama was recently found guilty of failing to diagnose lung cancer from ignoring suspicious abnormalities in two CT scans.  

Brain imaging advances can determine a greater number of stroke victims who can receive therapy later than previously thought, according to a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

A group of Oxford researchers repurposed MR technology to image the skull, rather than just the brain, in a study designed to rigorously test the dated pseudoscience of phrenology.

Highly active regions of brains in those receiving hand transplants may compensate for reorganizational changes responsible for moving and feeling, according to a release from the University of Missouri. Such innovative research grabbed the attention of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), which awarded the researchers a $1.7 million grant.

Researchers from Georgia have successfully stifled the production of a chemical sent by aggressive cancers to bone marrow allowing them to thrive in the body.

Secondary lesions in breast cancer patients occur at varying rates—some individuals remain in a latent asymptomatic state without metastases longer than others.

According to a recent study published by JAMA, single-nucleotide polymorphisms SNP risk panels can improve predictions of breast cancer, ultimately benefitting women who would benefit from additional in-depth mammogram screenings.