High body fat levels are associated with an increased breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women with a normal boxy mass index (BMI), according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s “Obesity and Cancer: Mechanisms Underlying Etiology and Outcomes” conference.

A majority of women in the United States make the healthcare decisions for both themselves and the other members of their households. According to an editorial published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, failing to truly understand and appreciate the perspective of women when they assume the role of healthcare consumers does them a great disservice.

CT utilization in the emergency department (ED) has increased significantly in the last few decades, a fact often cited as one of the major reasons healthcare costs and radiation exposure are on the rise. So what can be done to reverse that trend?

If you put a leading-edge 3D visualization platform in the hands of a fearlessly tech-forward radiologist, don’t be surprised if some real innovation emerges. That’s one lesson to be drawn from a recent cross-subspecialty adaptation of a Fujifilm Synapse® 3D component called Sector MPR. 

Researchers knew more information was needed when they saw the false-positive rate of the Veterans Health Administration lung cancer screening (LCS) demonstration project (58.2 percent) was considerably higher than the false-positive rate of the National Lung Screening Trial (26.3 percent).

Regularly participating in resistance and aerobic exercise could increase the lifespan of breast cancer survivors, according to a new study published by the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Many radiologists will experience overnight shift (ONS) work during their career, either as a resident or an attending-level physician. So how does working such hours affect a specialist’s ability to do their job?

Supply-side factors such as the number of mammography facilities and the number of breast imaging specialists are weakly associated with county-level Medicare beneficiary screening mammography rates, according to a new study published in Academic Radiology.