Considering the limitations of current methods of locating sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer patients, a new clinical trial might pave the way for a safer and easier of detection. 

According to new research, the chemotherapy drug etoposide might be dangerous for female fetuses’ developing ovaries. The findings, published in the journal BioMedCentral Cancer, changed the previously held view that most cancer drugs, when administered to pregnant women, are safe for their fetuses in the second and third trimesters. 

New research suggests that high-dose radiation therapy may be as effective as surgery for patients suffering with prostate cancer, a discovery that could lead to the simplification of the treatment process for patients.

The FDA has approved radiology products FDR Visionary Suite and the FDR Clinica X-Ray Components by Fujifilm, the company announced in a statement August 3. 

Peer review is a method doctors and health researchers use to hold the work of their whole industries accountable, including within the field of diagnostic radiology. But most interventional radiology practices don’t have similar standardized processes with which to verify work among radiologists.

Although cancer is commonly thought to be increasingly caused by modern-day pollution and poor diets, a new discovery on a human ancestor is testing that theory.

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine’s (AAPM) 58th Annual Meeting is set to start July 31. The program will include presentations of new research, lectures and other events centered on the theme of “Communicating our Value. Improving our Future.” 

At least four hospitals and 60 clinics throughout Idaho and Oregon are about to see an imaging technology upgrade, according to a statement by the hospitals’ network, Saint Alphonsus Health System.