Women with aggressive breast cancer at diagnosis were more likely to receive chemotherapy, but at the expense of completing locoregional radiotherapy, according to data presented at the Fifth American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in San Diego Oct. 27—30.

Radiologists love technology, though sometimes important advances can happen without a major new invention, but rather by looking from a different perspective at existing technology.

Physicians who manage emergency department (ED) visits ordered CT exams at a rate nearly three times that of nonphysicians, according to a study published in the November issue of American Journal of Roentgenology. However, the researchers who quantified CT ordering patterns could not identify a gatekeeper to CT.

Radiologists’ interpretations of mammograms could be improved if an interactive computer-aided detection (CAD) system is used, as opposed to traditional CAD systems with prompts designed to prevent oversights, according to a study published online ahead of print in Radiology.

After initial clinical trial results showing excellent disease control, Loma Linda University Medical Center has expanded enrollment in a breast cancer trial of proton beam radiotherapy.

A prognostic assay helps identify patients with high-risk T1a node-negative non-small-cell lung cancer, which may inform post-surgical treatment, according to a research letter published Oct. 23 in Journal of the American Medical Association.

A variety of pulmonary conditions are characterized by imaging findings that mimic lung cancers, making them difficult to differentiate from cancer, according to an article published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.