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CMS expands cervical cancer coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has given final approval for coverage of one FDG-PET exam for the initial staging of patients with biopsy-proven cervical cancer.
November 10, 2009
Molecular Insight reports lower net loss
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Reduced operating expenses helped radiopharmaceutical developer Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals improve its net loss in the third quarter.
November 9, 2009
SNM contests proposed CMS payment rules
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine society SNM has raised significant concerns about proposed reimbursement rules for imaging procedures, announced by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on October 30.
November 5, 2009
ACRIN seeks research sites for clinical trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) has put out a call seeking sites to participate in a multicenter trial of the use of FDG-PET/CT for the staging of head and neck cancer.
November 5, 2009
U.S. House approves bill to fund U.S. Mo-99 production
November 5, 2009
U.S. House approves bill to fund U.S. Mo-99 production
By Wayne Forrest
On a roll-call vote of 400-17, the U.S. House of Representatives last night approved the American Medical Isotopes Production Act (HR 3276) to help fund production of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) in the U.S. and gradually eliminate the export of highly enriched uranium.
November 5, 2009
Eckert & Ziegler reports Q3 sales growth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy and radioisotope developer Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products has reported a sharp increase in sales in the company's third quarter.
November 4, 2009
CMS cuts SPECT MPI payments 36%, sets CCTA rates
By Eric Barnes
Cardiac imaging is scheduled for reimbursement cuts -- including a 36% hack at SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) -- under the final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2010. On the plus side, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also published base rates for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and increased cardiac PET reimbursement by about 17%.
November 4, 2009
AMIC tests new Mo-99 technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer Advanced Medical Isotope (AMIC) has announced promising results from initial tests of a new medical isotope production method that could be used to create molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).
November 3, 2009
ASTRO: Use PET for NSCLC judiciously
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET imaging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) prior to receiving radiation therapy should not be the basis for determining areas that may benefit from higher doses of radiation, according to research presented today at this week's American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) conference in Chicago.
November 2, 2009
Multicenter patient registry shows efficacy of BSGI
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, November 30 | 11:30 a.m.- 11:40 a.m. | VM21-13 | Arie Crown TheaterThis presentation will detail a study at four institutions that found that breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) "significantly contributed" to the discovery of malignant or high-risk lesions in patients with negative or indeterminate mammograms.
November 2, 2009
FDG-PET/CT helps assess pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis
By Wayne Forrest
Friday, December 4 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | SST12-07 | Room S505ABFDG-PET/CT has high specificity for detecting pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis (PLC), while FDG-PET alone can miss focal PLC in close proximity of primary cancer. Those conclusions will be presented by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, who observed that FDG-PET showed "significant uptake" in the area of PLC and aided in more accurate diagnoses.
November 2, 2009
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