Participation in breast cancer screening has declined in England. A new analysis revealed women who miss a first breast screening appointment and are given a fixed date for another appointment are more likely to attend that backup.

Breast lesions that physicians can’t feel by palpation are little match for fine-needle aspiration guided by ultrasound, although the procedure’s performance varies somewhat with the age of the patient and the BI-RADS category of the lesion.

Designed for Patient Comfort; Makes Fast 3T MR Exams a Reality

John Lukens, 61, who suffered from bilateral essential tremor (ET) for about a decade, recently became the first patient in Pennsylvania to receive MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment (MRgFUS) for ET.

Among the misgivings raised by the contemporary spotlight on imaging-related radiation exposure is whether head CT of children might affect their brain health down the road. In a spinoff study at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, it did no such thing.

A recent Forbes article outlined a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology that found none of 479 untreated breast tumors found by screening went away on its own.

British, Swedish and South African scientists say they have produced proton computed tomography (pCT) images of sufficient clinical quality that their achievement “creates a new vision for cancer treatment” and “opens up a totally new medical imaging field,” according to the newsroom at the University of Lincoln in the U.K.

Prostate biopsy via the perineum with local anesthetic and MRI targeting is feasible, tolerable and can be performed in ambulatory settings, according to a British study published online May 9 in Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases.