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February 13, 2012
Radiation Oncology/Therapy
Post-op rad therapy unneeded for elderly lung cancer patients
Patients who have undergone surgery to resect stage III non-small cell lung cancer with N2 lymph node involvement may not need postoperative radiation therapy if they are older than 65, as the treatment doesn't help survival, according to an article published online February 13 in Cancer.
February 12, 2012
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Clinician awareness key to reducing imaging radiation risk
Educating referring physicians about the cancer risks from imaging exams is key to reducing patient exposure to medical radiation, according to an article in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Other important elements of reducing exposure are more assertive radiologists and increased use of healthcare IT.
February 12, 2012
MRI
Dexmedetomidine is easy, effective for pediatric sedation
When MRI exams are ordered for very young children, they tend to be performed in hospital radiology departments because these patients require sedation. The positive experiences of an outpatient MRI center using dexmedetomidine are reported in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
February 9, 2012
Breast
Komen reverses decision to cut Planned Parenthood funds
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation announced today that it will continue to fund existing grants and also consider future grants for Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening, clinical exams, and educational programs, reversing a controversial policy that came to light just days ago.
February 2, 2012
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Brigham achieves near-total use of CPOE for radiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital pioneered the use of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) in a large hospital when it installed a system in 2000. Now, an analysis in the February Journal of the American College of Radiology shows that nearly all radiology studies performed at the hospital are being ordered with CPOE.
February 1, 2012
Radiation Oncology/Therapy
Robotic IMRT-APBI works well for breast cancer patients
For qualified patients diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) brachytherapy offers an abbreviated course of treatment. But APBI delivered by a robotic intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) system offers the additional advantage of being noninvasive.
January 30, 2012
Nuclear Medicine
PET/CT detects head/neck cancer recurrences earlier
Routine use of follow-up PET/CT scans can detect local cancer recurrences before they become clinically apparent, and may improve outcomes of subsequent salvage therapy, according to a study presented on Friday at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Phoenix.
January 27, 2012
Radiation Oncology/Therapy
IMRT offers better outcome for head/neck cancer patients
Patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer reported increasingly better quality of life after treatment than patients receiving other forms of radiotherapy, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Phoenix.
January 26, 2012
Radiation Oncology/Therapy
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