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Fewer lung cancer patients meet CT lung screening criteria
By Eric Barnes
It's the ultimate irony: The success of public health efforts to get people to stop smoking is resulting in fewer individuals being eligible for CT lung cancer screening. In fact, some people are continuing to smoke just to be eligible for CT scans, according to new research in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
February 26, 2015
Multiple FDG-PET/CT scans can influence lung cancer treatment
By Wayne Forrest
By showing how four or more follow-up FDG-PET/CT scans for lung cancer can alter patient treatment plans, researchers at Johns Hopkins University are making the case for expanded Medicare reimbursement for these exams in a new article in the February edition of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
February 19, 2015
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Results of European CT screening trial can be widely applied
By Eric Barnes
Individuals scanned with CT in the Nederlands-Leuvens Longkanker Screenings Onderzoek (NELSON) lung cancer screening trial had a similar risk of cancer as people who did not participate in the study, meaning the research can be generalized to a wider population.
February 18, 2015
ASTRO lauds CMS CT lung cancer screening decision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is lauding the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) decision to provide coverage for annual lung cancer screening with low-dose CT for those at highest risk for lung cancer.
February 9, 2015
Lung-RADS cuts false positives in CT lung screening -- at a price
By Eric Barnes
The Lung-RADS classification system for dealing with suspicious findings on CT lung cancer screening exams may be a double-edged sword, reducing false positives but also sensitivity, according to a new study published February 10 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
February 9, 2015
Primary care providers slow to order CT lung cancer screening
By Eric Barnes
Primary care providers are often unaware of current guidelines on CT lung cancer screening, and they are ordering few scans for their patients at risk, according to a new survey in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. Countering this trend is key if CT screening is to reduce lung cancer mortality.
February 8, 2015
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CMS issues final CT lung cancer screening approval
By Eric Barnes
In a major victory for individuals at high risk for lung cancer, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final decision memo on CT lung cancer screening. The current version contains several changes from last fall's draft decision memo, including an adjustment of screening age.
February 4, 2015
Technique boosts x-ray CAD results for TB
By Eric Barnes
Dutch researchers have developed an algorithm to improve the robustness of computer-aided detection (CAD) to identify tuberculosis (TB) on chest x-rays -- enabling CAD to significantly improve the detection of thoracic abnormalities.
February 1, 2015
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Australia tries new rad therapy approach for secondary lung cancers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers in Australia have begun a lung cancer trial that uses a new technique called stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy to treat tumors that have spread to the lung from a primary tumor elsewhere in the body.
January 29, 2015
RadLogics licenses lung CAD software from UCLA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RadLogics has acquired rights to the lung cancer computer-aided detection (CAD) software and imaging platform developed by Matthew Brown, PhD, and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
January 25, 2015
Study questions evidence that screening reduces mortality
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Randomized controlled trials show that few of the currently available screening tests for major diseases where death is a common outcome have documented reductions in disease-specific mortality, according to a new study published online in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
January 20, 2015
Novel MRI scanner helps diagnose neonates with pulmonary issues
By Wayne Forrest
Thanks to a specially modified compact MRI scanner, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is having early success in imaging infants in its neonatal intensive care unit for pulmonary ailments and abnormal lung development.
January 15, 2015
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