Diagnostic screening programs help catch cancer, abnormalities or other diseases before they reach an advanced stage, saving lives and healthcare costs. Screening programs include, lung, breast, prostate, and cervical cancer, among many others.
The law reflects growing interest in using existing imaging studies to identify cardiovascular disease risk without requiring additional scans, radiation exposure or costs.
New research could provide useful information for cancer registries and potentially help policymakers better evaluate screening outcomes to develop more effective guidelines.
Former SCCT president Ed Nicol, MD, knows there has been interest in the potential of automated CT exams. However, he isn't so sure they are possible at this point in time for a number of reasons.
A simple diagnostic algorithm for pediatric acute appendicitis decreased the use of imaging, including CT, without reducing diagnostic accuracy, according to a study presented earlier this year at the 9th Annual Academic Surgical Congress and recently published online in Surgery.
The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) today said that patients and healthcare providers will benefit from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate that medical imaging and radiation therapy (RT) equipment in hospitals must be maintained according to the manufacturer’s recommended maintenance standard.
Radiologists who interpret more annual diagnostic mammograms that resulted from recall of screening mammograms they themselves interpreted had higher sensitivity and cancer detection rates, according to a study published online June 24 in Radiology.
Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick has signed the state’s breast density notification bill into law, making Massachusetts the 18th state to enact such a law.
Adding tomosynthesis to digital mammography results in a decrease in recall rates and an increase in cancer detection rates, according to a study published online June 25 by JAMA.
The presence of peritumoral contrast enhancement is a MRI feature that may be solely used to diagnose high-grade soft-tissue sarcomas (STS), according to a study published in the July issue of Radiology.
A pair of this week’s top stories were studies demonstrating the benefits of mammography screening, but the authors of an editorial response to one of the studies seem to remain unimpressed.
A study of Norwegian women invited to a breast cancer screening program indicated that an invitation to undergo modern mammography may reduce deaths, but evolving treatments will likely result in a gradual reduction in screening benefit.
