Radiology News: 'Cancer' Result: Searchterm 'Cancer' found in 130 News Result Pages • American Cancer Society updates lung cancer screening guideline: Nearly five million US adults who smoke and formerly smoked now recommended for testing ''Today, the American Cancer Society (ACS) released an update of its lung cancer screening guideline to help reduce the number of people dying from the disease due to smoking history. The new guideline recommends yearly screening for lung cancer for people ...' Wednesday, 1 November 2023 by www.eurekalert.org • ''Actinium-targeted alpha radiotherapy is a promising approach for treating metastatic cancers, including prostate cancer. This approach requires doctors to obtain images of the radiotherapy agent as it moves to tumors, a process called molecular imaging. ...' Wednesday, 23 August 2023 by medicalxpress.com • ''The American College of Radiology issued a heads up on Thursday regarding potential payment denials at certain facility types. ACR highlighted the delivery of low-dose CT lung cancer screening at independent diagnostic testing facilities. Following a ...' Friday, 28 April 2023 by radiologybusiness.com • ''Mammography is the standard imaging modality for breast cancer screening—and in fatty breasts, it detects up to 98% of cancers, the authors noted. However, the sensitivity of mammography in extremely dense breasts is only 30% to 48%. Considering an ...' Wednesday, 1 February 2023 by www.ajmc.com • ''Novel imaging agent 68Ga-FAPI can reduce the number of false-positive positron emission tomography (PET)/computerized tomography (CT) findings among individuals with cancer recently vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the results of a study ...' Friday, 20 January 2023 by www.pharmacytimes.com • MRI- vs CT- guided radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer linked to lower toxicity, symptom burden ''Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance in stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for prostate cancer offers significant advantage over computed tomography (CT) guidance, with lower physician-scored toxic effects and patient-reported symptom burden, ...' Tuesday, 17 January 2023 by specialty.mims.com • ''In a large study of nearly 100,000 women, researchers found that the combination of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and synthesized mammography had more than triple the detection rate for invasive breast cancer in extremely dense breasts in comparison ...' Thursday, 6 October 2022 by www.diagnosticimaging.com • ''Modifications to pack-year history and smoking quit duration thresholds beyond those recommended in the 2021 United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) criteria for low-dose computed tomography lung cancer screening may more than double the ...' Monday, 3 October 2022 by www.diagnosticimaging.com • ''One prospective multicenter study found the radiohybrid prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) agent 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 had an 83 percent detection rate in nearly 400 men with suspected prostate cancer. Could an emerging agent have an impact in PET ...' Tuesday, 27 September 2022 by www.diagnosticimaging.com • ''Recently, Randeep Guleria, director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, warned against CT scans in mild Covid cases linking CT scan radiation to cancer ...' Wednesday, 12 May 2021 by www.deccanherald.com Result Pages As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on. - Woody Allen |