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Study: Lack of breast screening leads to more cancer deaths

By Kate Madden Yee

A new study published online September 9 in the journal Cancer has found that more than 70% of deaths from breast cancer in a group of more than 7,000 women occurred in individuals who did not receive regular screening mammograms. The findings indicate that breast screening saves lives -- particularly for women in their 40s, the researchers believe.

September 8, 2013

NEJM: Studies take aim at easing CT lung screening follow-up

By Eric Barnes

The results of two lung cancer screening studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine are good news for CT lung cancer screening, showing the ability to differentiate malignant from benign nodules for many patients before invasive biopsy procedures are considered.

September 8, 2013

FDA sets meeting to review CT colonography

By Eric Barnes

A virtual who's who of CT colonography (CTC) is en route to the Washington, DC, area for a September 9 joint committee meeting of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that will discuss the fate of CTC screening for asymptomatic individuals.

September 5, 2013

Proposed Medicare changes could affect breast biopsy

By Kate Madden Yee

Add breast biopsy procedures to the list of imaging tests that could be affected by new Medicare physician payment rates scheduled for 2014. Breast care advocates have weighed in against the proposed rates, charging that they could shift breast biopsies away from private-practice sites and into hospital settings.

September 5, 2013

Rads train military docs in shrapnel removal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A team of radiologists from Children's Radiological Institute is training military physicians on how to remove foreign bodies such as shrapnel under ultrasound guidance.

September 5, 2013

Canadian group recommends CT lung screening

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cancer Care Ontario has joined several professional societies in the U.S. in recommending annual lung cancer screening with low-dose CT for high-risk populations, according to a new report in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.

September 5, 2013