Clinical News: Page 1745

US-guided core-needle breast biopsy OK for preop staging
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, November 27 | 3:20 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | SSJ01-03 | Arie Crown TheaterWhich is better for assessing metastasis in newly diagnosed breast cancer: fine-needle aspiration or core biopsy? It's an important question, according to Finnish researchers, as the presence of axillary metastasis is the most significant prognostic factor in invasive breast cancer.
November 6, 2012
Triple-negative breast cancer shows specific US characteristics
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, November 27 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSJ01-02 | Arie Crown TheaterCertain ultrasound characteristics can help clinicians identify triple-negative breast cancer, according to a study to be presented in this scientific session.
November 6, 2012
ABUS detects suspicious lesions found on breast MRI
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, November 27 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSJ01-01 | Arie Crown TheaterAutomated breast ultrasound (ABUS) could prove helpful for evaluating additional suspicious lesions identified by breast MRI, and it's faster and more cost-effective than handheld second-look ultrasound, according to a study that will be presented on Tuesday afternoon.
November 6, 2012
US-guided cryoneurolysis is less-invasive option for nerve pain
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, November 27 | 11:15 a.m.-11:25 a.m. | VSMK31-11 | Room E450AUltrasound-guided cryoneurolysis could be a less-invasive alternative to other methods of nerve ablation, as nonmyelin fibers and vessels are spared, according to this scientific session from New York City researchers.
November 6, 2012
US works to evaluate prevalence of iliopsoas bursitis
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, November 27 | 9:50 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | VSMK31-06 | Room E450ACan ultrasound help clinicians evaluate the prevalence of iliopsoas bursitis in patients suffering from symptomatic hip osteoarthritis? Researchers from the University of Milan believe the answer is yes, as they will explain in this scientific session.
November 6, 2012
Uterine artery Doppler predicts pregnancy-induced hypertension
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 26 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSE10-01 | Room E353BCan uterine artery Doppler imaging predict hypertensive disorders in pregnancy? Yes, according to this Monday afternoon presentation to be given by researchers from India.
November 6, 2012
Contrast US identifies malignant, benign venous thrombosis
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 26 | 9:05 a.m.-9:15 a.m. | VSGI21-03 | Room N227Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) effectively differentiates malignant and benign venous thrombosis associated with hepatocellular carcinoma, according to researchers at Toronto General Hospital.
November 6, 2012
Elastography offers noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 26 | 8:55 a.m.-9:05 a.m. | VSGI21-02 | Room N227Steatosis does not affect shear-wave elastography estimation of liver fibrosis -- but inflammation does, according to a presentation to be given on Monday by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital.
November 6, 2012
CEUS comparable to MDCT for managing colorectal cancer patients
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 25 | 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | LL-GIS-SU2A | Lakeside Learning CenterContrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is comparable to MDCT in assessing patients undergoing antiangiogenic drug-based neoadjuvant therapy for colorectal cancer liver metastasis, according researchers from Italy.
November 6, 2012
US, MRI tumor measurements can predict residual disease
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 25 | 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m. | LL-BRS-SU5A | Lakeside Learning CenterHow best can doctors assess residual disease in inflammatory breast cancer patients who have undergone neoadjuvant chemotherapy? Find out in this Sunday poster presentation.
November 6, 2012
3D subharmonic imaging better than harmonics for in vivo perfusion estimates
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 25 | 11:25 a.m.-11:35 a.m. | SSA21-05 | Room S405AB3D contrast-enhanced subharmonic imaging works well to estimate perfusion in vivo, according to a presentation to be given on Sunday morning by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
November 6, 2012
Annual breast US benefits women with dense tissue
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 25 | 11:25 a.m.-11:35 a.m. | SSA01-05 | Arie Crown TheaterSince the 2009 passage of the breast density notification law in Connecticut, radiologists have a legal obligation to inform patients with mammographically dense breast tissue that they may benefit from the addition of screening breast ultrasound. But how effective is that second round of screening?
November 6, 2012
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