Clinical News: Page 292

FDA issues alert on cancers near implant scar tissue

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert regarding squamous cell carcinoma and various lymphomas that can appear in scar tissue near breast implants.

September 8, 2022

Samsung introduces V7 ultrasound system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Samsung has introduced its V7 ultrasound system, which the company said received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for commercial use.

September 8, 2022

Insurance coverage for prostate MRI is inconsistent across the U.S.

By Kate Madden Yee

Insurance coverage for prostate MRI is inconsistent across the U.S., which may contribute to unequal access to the technology for patients, according to a study published September 7 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

September 8, 2022

Advanced practice providers can handle US-guided FNA neck biopsies

By Erik L. Ridley

Advanced practice providers can perform ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies comparably to interventional radiologists, according to research published September 6 in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

September 8, 2022

Interest in nuclear medicine research dips among residents

By Will Morton

Nuclear medicine's best bet to attract more physicians to the field may be to get its hooks into residents interested in recent clinical advances, according to a study published September 1 in Academic Radiology.

September 8, 2022

CT shows lung problems persist up to a year after COVID-19

By Kate Madden Yee

CT shows that more than a third of people who have contracted COVID-19 may experience persistent lung problems up to a year after recovery, a condition commonly known as long COVID, a group of South Korean investigators has found.

September 8, 2022

PET with Pylarify shows value managing prostate cancer patients

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Prostate-specific membrane antigen-PET/CT imaging with the radiotracer F-18 DCFPyL (Pylarify, Lantheus Medical Imaging) changed treatment plans for nearly 50% of prostate cancer patients experiencing recurrence following a radical prostatectomy, according to a study in the September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

September 7, 2022

Health Canada approves Pluvicto for prostate cancer treatment

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Health Canada has approved lutetium-177 prostate-specific membrane antigen radioligand therapy (Pluvicto, Novartis) for the treatment of patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

September 7, 2022

QT Imaging touts breast glandular clinical study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

QT Imaging is highlighting a study that used its QTscan technology to analyze changes in breast glandular and ductal volume during the menstrual cycle in premenopausal, perimenopausal, and postmenopausal women.

September 7, 2022

AI bests rads for predicting pancreatic cancer metastasis

By Kate Madden Yee

Chinese researchers have found that artificial intelligence (AI) outperforms not only radiologists but also clinical and radiomic models when it comes to predicting lymph node metastasis in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cancer.

September 7, 2022

Many women don't see disruption from pandemic on breast screening

By Amerigo Allegretto

Most women in the U.S. don't believe they've experienced healthcare disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic -- despite the documented decline in mammography screening rates, a study published September 6 in Preventive Medicine Reports found.

September 7, 2022

Do we need a better way to evaluate cardiac screening?

By Frederic W. Grannis Jr.

Although coronary artery disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S. today, there is no accepted screening test for the disease. Dr. Frederic Grannis wonders whether recent research studies are asking the right question.

September 7, 2022

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