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When testing for prostate cancer, multiparametric MRI with or without targeted biopsy was more effective than the common standard transrectal ultrasonography-guided biopsy, but a recently published editorial argues more testing is needed.

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will receive a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to conduct research on HER2-positive breast cancer.

When treating men with a clinical suspicion of prostate cancer, providers often turn to an ultrasound-guided biopsy of the prostate, though that method has been associated with missing clinically significant cancers and detecting clinically insignificant cancers.

Radiologists and referring physicians prefer structured reports—and they present concrete advantages to free-text alternatives. Recent research showed structured reports can reduce errors, help standardize resident training and improve recall of important information.

On May 8, the Journal of the American Medical Association released an update to the 2012 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation regarding prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer.

Creating a specific report template for chest CT angiographic (CTA) examinations for suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) helps radiologists provide clinicians with more information, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Innovation at work

A referring physician orders an MRI of the lumbar spine and hits send. That order lands at three, sometimes four, outpatient imaging centers simultaneously. The center that contacts the patient first books the appointment. The rest miss out on the revenue.

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