Source: Siemens HealthcareU.S. primary care physicians (PCPs) frequently order lung cancer screening tests for asymptomatic patients against the recommendations of major expert groups, which has implications for both patient care and overall healthcare costs, according to a study published in the March/April issue of Annals of Family Medicine. 

Florida cardiologist Zannos G. Grekos, MD, had his license suspended by the Florida Department of Health after the agency determined Grekos violated an order of emergency restriction of his license by allegedly performing stem cell treatments on a patient who later died.

Robert J. Eversole II, of Hampshire County, West Virginia, has filed a $2 million lawsuit in Winchester Circuit Court in Va. against multiple defendants in connection to the 2010 death of his wife, Paulette, at a Virginia medical center.

The change in standard uptake value (SUV)max as assessed by 18F-FDG PET/CT before and three months after selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) was identified as the only independent predictor of survival in patients with hepatic metastases of breast cancer, according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Medicare beneficiaries who underwent coronary CT angiography (CCTA) in nonacute settings had a higher likelihood of undergoing subsequent invasive cardiac procedures and have increased coronary artery disease spending compared with patients who underwent stress testing, according to a study published March 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In response, several researchers submitted letters supporting and challenging the authors findings.

In-hospital bleeding was found to be associated with short-, intermediate- and long-term mortality risk in older patients hospitalized for non-STEMI, according to a study published online March 5 in the European Heart Journal.

Fujifilm Medical Systems has released its FDR D-EVO portable upgrade system in the U.S.

Mammography quality assurance programs are intended to help physicians get a sense of where their performance stands in relation to national benchmarks. A national survey of radiologists personal goals, however, showed that many radiologists have goals that fall outside of published desirable benchmarks, according to a study published in the March issue of Academic Radiology.