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CT overused for Hodgkin's surveillance in children, study shows
A study appearing on Monday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that surveillance CT to look for cancer recurrence is overused in children diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.
June 10, 2012
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Backers of CT screening slam new lung cancer guidelines: Part 2
Are last month's guidelines on CT lung screening too conservative? AuntMinnie.com is exploring that question in a two-part series that examines the science and politics of CT screening. In part 2, we examine what happens to those who fall outside the new screening criteria, as well who might be opposed to performing CT lung scans.
June 6, 2012
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Backers of CT screening slam new lung cancer guidelines: Part 1
Are last month's guidelines on CT lung screening too conservative? That's the contention of a number of CT screening advocates, who believe that restricting the technology to high-risk individuals means thousands of current and former smokers could die of advanced disease that could have been detected earlier.
June 5, 2012
Practice Management
Radiologists leave Univ. of Mo. after Medicare fraud inquiry
An internal investigation of possible Medicare fraud at the University of Missouri has resulted in two radiologists leaving the university and the dean of the school of medicine announcing his retirement. The radiologists are suspected of billing Medicare for imaging studies they never reviewed.
June 3, 2012
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Emergency departments reserve CT for complex cases
The vast majority of CT exams of the abdomen and pelvis in U.S. emergency departments are ordered for clinically complex cases, suggesting that fears of CT overuse in simple clinical cases are largely unsupported, according to a study in the June Journal of the American College of Radiology.
May 31, 2012
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Analysis: Don't screen low-risk people for lung cancer -- ever
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
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DDW: Patients prefer conventional colonoscopy versus VC
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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New guidelines support CT lung screening -- with caveats
SAN FRANCISCO - New clinical guidelines released this week support the use of CT to screen high-risk individuals for lung cancer. But while the guidelines are the next step toward large-scale screening, they advise the scans only for individuals ages 55 to 74 who have more than 30 pack-years of smoking history.
May 20, 2012
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JACC: Prospective CCTA cuts radiation dose by two-thirds
Confirming the results of several smaller studies, the multinational PROTECTION III study found that applying prospective electrocardiogram triggering to coronary CT angiography (CCTA) reduced radiation dose by two-thirds without any drop in image quality, according to a study in the May JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
May 17, 2012
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CT of 154-year-old brain injury offers lessons for today
Railroad supervisor Phineas Gage suffered a terrible accident in 1848 when an explosion drove a metal rod though his left cheek and out the top of his head. But Gage didn't die from the accident, and his case now offers valuable insight into brain function, according to an article in PLoS One.
May 16, 2012
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3D MRI technique helps plan treatment for pediatric heart conditions
Images of a 39-year-old who underwent screening mammography. Right craniocaudal (left) and mediolateral oblique (middle) views from preoperative mammography show suspicious grouped fine pleomorphic calcifications (arrows). After biopsy showed ductal carcinoma of situ (DCIS), patient underwent breast-conserving surgery, yielding final diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (intermediate grade, hormone receptor positive). (Right) Screenshot of an output of a commercial AI tool applied to preoperative mammography. AI detected right breast lesion with score of 95% on both views (concentric colored circles). Present study’s reviewing radiologist deemed AI marking to correspond with site of DCIS.
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Axial contrast-enhanced CT scan in a 28-year-old premenopausal woman shows an incidentally detected solid-appearing left ovarian lesion (solid arrow) anterior to the uterus (U), associated with trace ascites in the right adnexa and cul de sac (dashed arrows). At pathologic analysis, this was shown to be ovarian dysgerminoma. Two readers misdiagnosed this lesion, one as a leiomyoma and one as an ovarian fibroma.
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Clinicians, beware: CT diagnostic accuracy varies by adnexal lesion type
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