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Will new USPSTF review lead to CT colonography payment?
By Abraham Kim
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has opened a review of its recommendations for colorectal cancer screening. While the USPSTF already recommends the use of CT colonography for colon screening, proponents of the virtual exam hope the new review will prompt Medicare to pay for the exam -- which, so far, it has resisted.
January 3, 2019
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Can CTC improve staging for high-risk colon cancer?
By Abraham Kim
CT colonography (CTC) may be better than conventional CT for staging high-risk colon cancer, improving the identification of patients who could benefit from chemotherapy before undergoing surgery, according to research published in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 3, 2019
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CT radiation dose levels vary widely, new study finds
By Philip Ward
A new international study has found wide variation in radiation dose levels used for CT scans, potentially exposing patients to unnecessary radiation. On the positive side, dose could easily be reduced through changes in CT protocols, according to the study published January 2 in BMJ.
January 2, 2019
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JAMA: CCTA may not be best first-line exam for chest pain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Current evidence does not support coronary CT angiography (CCTA) as the test of choice for the noninvasive evaluation of chest pain, says a cardiologist from California in a December 26 editorial published in JAMA Cardiology.
January 1, 2019
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Use mammography to leverage CT lung cancer screening
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast cancer screening offers radiology practices the opportunity to encourage women to get screened for lung cancer and receive smoking cessation counseling, according to research delivered at the RSNA 2018 meeting.
January 1, 2019
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CT lung screening spots cancers earlier in China
By Abraham Kim
A large-scale CT lung screening program in China detected a higher proportion of early-stage lung cancers than did comparable trials in the U.S. and Europe, even for a population that included relatively young, nonsmoking adults, according to an article recently published online in Academic Radiology.
December 19, 2018
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Global lung screening project shows early promise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer is reporting promising results with its Early Lung Imaging Confederation.
December 18, 2018
CCTA reveals statins may lower mortality in low-risk CAD
By Abraham Kim
Statin therapy can help mitigate the risk of death in patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), even in those with the lowest levels of calcium and atherosclerosis evident on coronary CT angiography (CCTA) scans, according to an article recently published online in PLOS One.
December 17, 2018
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FDA clears 3D CBCT positioning software by EhmetDx
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device firm EhmetDx has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its 3D conebeam CT (CBCT) positioning software.
December 16, 2018
Carestream installs OnSight CT scanner in Fla.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has installed its OnSight 3D extremity conebeam CT scanner at the Orthopedic Center of Palm Beach County in Atlantis, FL.
December 13, 2018
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CT lung screening cuts cancer mortality 51% in Japan
By Abraham Kim
In a new large-scale trial of CT lung cancer screening, researchers are reporting that screening reduced the risk of lung cancer mortality by 51% compared with x-ray screening in a Japanese population that included low-risk individuals and nonsmokers. Their findings were published online December 12 in the Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology.
December 13, 2018
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Mental illness may double need for CT lung screening
By Abraham Kim
U.S. patients with a mental health illness have a considerably higher smoking prevalence and are nearly two times as likely to be eligible for CT lung cancer screening than individuals without a mental illness, according to a presentation at the recent RSNA 2018 meeting in Chicago.
December 10, 2018
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