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MDCT: Setting up a lung cancer screening program
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - If your institution doesn't have a lung cancer screening program, it's probably time to set one up, according to a presentation on Tuesday at the annual International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT (MDCT).
June 10, 2014
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Carestream DR software to help Saudis combat MERS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health won an order for 10 digital radiography (DR) systems in Saudi Arabia after showing that its image processing software could be useful in detecting Middle East respiratory syndrome.
June 7, 2014
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Experts outline road map for effective CT lung cancer screening
By Teri Yates
The radiology community was shocked on April 30 when a Medicare advisory panel issued a vote of low confidence in CT lung cancer screening. In this article, Teri Yates of Accountable Radiology Advisors describes how some advocates of screening are moving forward in the wake of this setback.
June 5, 2014
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Congressional letter urges CMS to back CT lung screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Johnny Isakson have written a letter urging the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide Medicare coverage for CT lung screening.
June 1, 2014
Lung screening: Smokers will quit if results are bad enough
By Eric Barnes
Smokers' willingness to kick the habit depends on how bad their CT screening results are, according to a new study in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute that examined smoking history data on nearly 15,500 participants in the National Lung Screening Trial.
May 28, 2014
CT screening of smokers with HIV finds few lung cancers
By Eric Barnes
Despite high rates of tobacco use, active smokers with HIV do not appear to develop lung cancer at higher rates than the general population. In fact, lung cancer rates seem unusually low, according to a pilot screening study in the June edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.
May 28, 2014
Incidental findings on CT predict cardiovascular disease risk
By Eric Barnes
Incidental findings on routine chest CT exams can be used to accurately predict risk for serious cardiovascular events, according to a just-published study in Radiology. Such findings could be preclinical signs of atherosclerosis and support an imaging-based model for risk prediction.
May 27, 2014
CT lung screening would cost Medicare $10B, study finds
By Eric Barnes
A new model-based study of National Lung Screening Trial results predicts that implementing CT lung cancer screening in the Medicare population will identify more cancers -- and at earlier, curable stages -- but the costs to Medicare will be substantial.
May 22, 2014
Olympus rolls out new ultrasound processor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Olympus has launched its EU-ME2 ultrasound processor designed to integrate endoscopic and endobronchial ultrasound images on a single workstation.
May 14, 2014
JCO case report: Antibiotic side effects mimic lung cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a case report published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, community clinicians found that a woman diagnosed with advanced terminal lung cancer had, in fact, early-stage curable lung cancer, with lung lesions caused by a rare side effect from an antibiotic.
May 12, 2014
ACR debuts lung cancer screening designation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is now accepting applications for its new ACR Lung Cancer Screening Center program.
May 8, 2014
IASLC hits Medicare panel on CT lung screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) said it's disappointed by the recent recommendation of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee not to support low-dose CT lung cancer screening.
May 7, 2014
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