Dear AuntMinnie member,
Unfortunately, many perceptions of radiology from outside of the specialty can often come across as shockingly uninformed. This week, a team at Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) took direct aim at some recently published assertions that clearly missed the mark.
Our annual Minnies awards program recognizing excellence in radiology typically generates a lot of interest among our members. And the announcement of this year’s semifinalists is no exception. See who made the initial cut here.
In other developments, Associate Editor Will Morton has expanded AuntMinnie’s popular Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Tracker. The tool now follows radiopharmaceuticals from phase I through FDA and EU approval to generics, including the first two Lutathera equivalents, Curium’s Bexlutry and Lantheus’ Bravnetsa.
Other recent updates to the RPT Tracker include new evidence from Lantheus' phase II LUNIT trial evaluating the use of lutetium-177 PNT2002 prior to radiation therapy and the launch of Nuclidium's phase II trial evaluating the diagnostic accuracy and safety of its copper-61 NU101 PET agent. Both are being tested in men with advanced prostate cancer.
A new study reported success from using genicular artery embolization (GAE) in knee osteoarthritis patients. Researchers found that GAE cut steroid injections by more than half in these patients and 69% stopped injections entirely.
Please see below for our full list of top stories of the week.
Erik L. Ridley
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnie.com
1. HPI: Evidence contradicts broad claims about radiology workforce
2. Meet the Minnies semifinalists
3. Lu-177 PNT2002 before SBRT extends disease control in prostate cancer
4. GAE cuts steroid injections by half in knee osteoarthritis patients
5. MRI patient safety, positioning risk, and controlled access in the MR environment
6. New dataset maps people eligible for LDCT lung cancer screening
7. Radiologists, LLMs fail at spotting AI-generated chest x-rays
8. CEM-guided biopsy effective for sampling suspicious breast findings
9. Brain MRI features linked to cognitive decline in older populations
10. Manual DL-generated segmentations differ in radiomic features
