| Today's News and Trends | The current generation of medical students are closing a well-established gender gap, but radiology still ranks 11th on women’s preferred specialty lists, while it falls fifth on men’s, researchers have reported in Academic Radiology. The current generation of medical students are closing a well-established gender gap, but radiology still ranks 11th on women’s preferred specialty lists, while it falls fifth on men’s, researchers have reported in Academic Radiology. | | |
| The structure and activity in transgender teens’ brains more closely resemble their desired gender than their biological sex, according to research presented at the European Society of Endocrinology’s annual symposium in Barcelona. The structure and activity in transgender teens’ brains more closely resemble their desired gender than their biological sex, according to research presented at the European Society of Endocrinology’s annual symposium in Barcelona. | | |
| The American College of Radiology, at its 2018 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., announced results of an election for its new Board of Chancellors. Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, previously the vice chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors, is the first woman elected chair of the board in the organization’s history. The American College of Radiology, at its 2018 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., announced results of an election for its new Board of Chancellors. Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, previously the vice chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors, is the first woman elected chair of the board in the organization’s history. | | |
| Referring physicians are increasingly struggling to understand radiologists’ jargon in written imaging reports, a trio of California physicians wrote in the Journal of the American College of Radiology this week. That lack of communication could result in misguided treatment. Referring physicians are increasingly struggling to understand radiologists’ jargon in written imaging reports, a trio of California physicians wrote in the Journal of the American College of Radiology this week. That lack of communication could result in misguided treatment. | | |
| In a May 20 essay in the Washington Post, Steven Petrow takes a look at his sister’s battle with ovarian cancer. He described how, after 18 weeks of chemotherapy, she is faced with a decision: Enroll in clinical trials or sit back in and opt for “active surveillance.” In a May 20 essay in the Washington Post, Steven Petrow takes a look at his sister’s battle with ovarian cancer. He described how, after 18 weeks of chemotherapy, she is faced with a decision: Enroll in clinical trials or sit back in and opt for “active surveillance.” | | |
| Though not the guideline-recommended route for treatment, select breast cancer patients could benefit greatly from MRI screenings designed to identify brain metastases, according to a research letter penned this month by Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center experts and published in JAMA Oncology. Though not the guideline-recommended route for treatment, select breast cancer patients could benefit greatly from MRI screenings designed to identify brain metastases, according to a research letter penned this month by Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center experts and published in JAMA Oncology. | | |
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