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DSCT edges out 64-slice CT in coronary artery imaging

Coronary CT angiography performed on dual-source CT (DSCT) confers a slight advantage in image quality with slightly fewer nondiagnostic vessel segments compared to 64-detector-row CT. Calcification remains a challenge with both types of scanners, but it's slightly less problematic with dual-source systems, say researchers from the University of Rome.

January 7, 2010

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Colonoscopy surveillance barely lowers CRC rates

Despite frequent colonoscopic surveillance, patients whose advanced adenomas had been removed had higher-than-expected rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) at follow-up, according to a new surveillance study that followed patients for more than four years after polypectomy.

January 7, 2010

MRS teams with Myriad Genetics

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mammography Reporting System (MRS) is partnering with Myriad Genetics to help identify patients at high risk for hereditary breast cancer.

January 6, 2010

Study finds sharp rise in prenatal ultrasound use in Canada

By Rosemary Frei

There was a 55% increase in the rate of ultrasound utilization among pregnant women between 1996 and 2006 in the Canadian province of Ontario, according to a study published online January 4 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

January 6, 2010

European cancer rates declining, report indicates

By Cynthia E. Keen

Cancer mortality is steadily declining in Europe, echoing a trend also being seen in the U.S. and Japan, according to a study comparing cancer deaths between 1990-1994 and 2000-2004. In the European Union, mortality rates for all cancers fell by 10% in men and 8% in women.

January 6, 2010

AECL requests uranium from U.S.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) last month requested 16.3 kg of high-enriched uranium (HEU) that it may need to resume production of medical isotopes once its National Research Universal nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, is repaired.

January 6, 2010

DTI-MRI tracks memory loss; stand-up MRI scans kids with backpacks

January 6, 2010

Healthcare IT pays off, but don't hold your breath

By Cynthia E. Keen

Investing in healthcare IT projects such as electronic health records (EHR) and e-prescription systems produces significant socioeconomic benefits, but it can take nearly 10 years to see the first positive returns, according to a new study from Europe.

January 6, 2010

DTI beats standard MRI in predicting early memory loss, study shows

By Wayne Forrest

Italian researchers say that MRI with a diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) technique appears to be superior to conventional MRI in detecting brain changes that predict future memory decline, according to a study published online on January 6 in Neurology.

January 5, 2010

Prostate cancer patients regain potency after EBRT

By Cynthia E. Keen

If a group of about 100 men predominantly in their 60s and 70s is typical, prostate cancer patients who receive external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) face a decline in sexual function for only a two-year period following treatment.

January 5, 2010

DNA defect predicts RT outcome for endometrial cancer

By Cynthia E. Keen

Radiation therapy (RT) may not be an effective treatment for women diagnosed with endometrioid endometrial cancer whose tumors have a DNA deficiency, according to preliminary research from the Canary Institute for Cancer Research in Las Palmas, Spain.

January 5, 2010

Stand-up MRI detects impact of heavy backpacks on children

By Cynthia E. Keen

A stand-up MRI scanner found signs of lumbar spine compression in children carrying full backpacks, according to researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

January 5, 2010

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