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Analysis: Don't screen low-risk people for lung cancer -- ever
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Screening lower-risk individuals snuffs out the benefit of CT lung cancer screening while multiplying the costs and risks of the technology, according to a presentation on Tuesday at the 2012 American Thoracic Society meeting.
May 22, 2012
Studies support C-11 choline PET/CT for prostate cancer
By Wayne Forrest
PET/CT with a carbon-11 (C-11) choline radiotracer is effective for evaluating prostate cancer, and in many cases it is better than conventional imaging for detecting the disease, according to three papers presented this week at the American Urological Association annual meeting in Atlanta.
May 22, 2012
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IDSI signs Kuwaiti distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Laser breast imaging firm Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) has inked a distribution agreement with Kuwaiti medical and pharmaceutical product distributor Mareen Group.
May 22, 2012
Breast MRI helps predict chemotherapy's effectiveness
By Wayne Forrest
MRI is better than clinical assessment in determining breast tumor response to presurgical neoadjuvant chemotherapy, a finding that could help direct treatment for breast disease, according to new study published in the June issue of Radiology.
May 22, 2012
AngioDynamics wraps up Navilyst buy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer AngioDynamics has finalized its acquisition of medical device company Navilyst Medical in a transaction valued at $355 million.
May 21, 2012
GE, Karolinska explore cell therapy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare Life Sciences and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden have formed a research collaboration to drive advances in cell therapy technologies.
May 21, 2012
Radiology use drops at private payors; CT lung screening gets boost -- or does it?
By Brian Casey
May 21, 2012
Philips wraps consulting project in Mass.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare Consulting has finished an operational improvement project for radiology workflow with Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, MA.
May 21, 2012
Laurel Bridge, Hologic extend licensing agreement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Software developer Laurel Bridge Software announced that women's imaging vendor Hologic has extended a DICOM software licensing agreement for an additional five years.
May 21, 2012
Lung cancer group blasts CT screening guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lung cancer advocacy group Lung Cancer Alliance is criticizing guidelines for CT lung screening from a recently released study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, calling the guidelines "pessimistic."
May 21, 2012
Chemo with RT recommended for stage III lung cancer in elderly
By Cynthia E. Keen
The combination of chemotherapy and concurrent radiation therapy (RT) lengthened survival for elderly patients with unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer, according to a report by Japanese researchers published online May 22 in Lancet Oncology.
May 21, 2012
DDW: Patients prefer conventional colonoscopy versus VC
By Eric Barnes
Gastroenterologists from British Columbia were surprised to find that patients undergoing same-day virtual colonoscopy followed by conventional colonoscopy preferred the latter, according to a presentation on Sunday at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting in San Diego.
May 21, 2012
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