Is a $2,000 Whole-Body MRI Worth It?
MedPage Today - Radiology
by
1w ago
(MedPage Today) -- A cluster of companies are trying to pitch healthy people on whole-body MRI scans, promising early detection of cancer and other life-threatening diseases. These scans aren't cheap, with start-up companies like Prenuvo charging ..read more
Visit website
When Better Informed, More Women in Their 40s Want to Hold Off on Mammograms
MedPage Today - Radiology
by
1w ago
(MedPage Today) -- A mammography screening decision aid with information about the benefits and harms of screening increased the percentage of average-risk women in their 40s who wanted to delay mammography, according to a national online survey ..read more
Visit website
Broader Use of Cryoablation for Early Breast Cancer?
MedPage Today - Radiology
by
1w ago
(MedPage Today) -- Women with early-stage breast cancer who couldn't enter clinical trials of cryoablation because of "unfavorable" tumor or patient characteristics nevertheless enjoyed a high rate of treatment success and few adverse events (AE ..read more
Visit website
Vapers May Be Less Likely to Undergo Lung Cancer Screening
MedPage Today - Radiology
by
3w ago
(MedPage Today) -- E-cigarette use among individuals eligible for lung cancer screening was independently associated with a reduced likelihood of screening, a cross-sectional study of U.S. adults revealed. Compared with those who never used e ..read more
Visit website
Screening Mammography Performance Improved, Workload Decreased With AI Assistance
MedPage Today - Radiology
by
3w ago
(MedPage Today) -- Introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) into screening mammography for breast cancer significantly improved screening performance while reducing radiologists' workload, a large retrospective cohort study showed. A comparison ..read more
Visit website
Study Supports More Inclusive Clinical Trials With Broader Eligibility Criteria
MedPage Today - Radiology
by
3w ago
(MedPage Today) -- Patients who received protocol waivers in a clinical trial of targeted anticancer therapy had outcomes similar to those who met all enrollment criteria, a large retrospective review showed. Patients who received waivers had ..read more
Visit website
More Than 1 in 4 Seniors Have Asymptomatic Valve Disease
MedPage Today - Radiology
by
3w ago
(MedPage Today) -- Undiagnosed heart valve disease was highly prevalent in a large community study of otherwise healthy people recruited from primary care in the U.K., researchers found. There was a 28.2% prevalence of mild, moderate, or severe ..read more
Visit website
Late-Window Tenecteplase for Stroke Works When Thrombectomy's Out of the Question
MedPage Today - Radiology
by
1M ago
(MedPage Today) -- For stroke patients, late administration of tenecteplase improved clinical outcomes in situations in which thrombectomy was not available immediately, according to the Chinese TRACE-III trial. Patients with ischemic stroke due ..read more
Visit website
Stereotactic Radiotherapy Reduces Use of Anti-VEGF Therapy in Neovascular AMD
MedPage Today - Radiology
by
1M ago
(MedPage Today) -- Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) reduced the use of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) medications without significantly affecting visual acuity, a randomized ..read more
Visit website
AI System Beats Radiologists in Detecting Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer
MedPage Today - Radiology
by
1M ago
(MedPage Today) -- An artificial intelligence (AI) system was better at detecting clinically significant prostate cancer on MRI compared with radiologists, a noninferiority, confirmatory study showed. In a subset of 400 testing cases in which ..read more
Visit website

Follow MedPage Today - Radiology on FeedSpot

Continue with Google
Continue with Apple
OR