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Risk-targeted incentives may bolster CT lung screening
By Abraham Kim
CT lung cancer screening programs that offer incentives for screening individuals with high mortality risk may not only boost participation rates but also could lead to considerable health and financial gains on a population level, according to an article published in the January issue of Health Affairs.
January 13, 2019
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Cancer death rates decline, but economic gap remains
By Kate Madden Yee
The overall cancer death rate in the U.S. dropped by 27% over the past 25 years, but more needs to be done to reduce deaths among Americans of lower socioeconomic status, according to a report from the American Cancer Society published online January 7 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
January 8, 2019
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Use of emergency chest imaging on the rise
By Erik L. Ridley
Led by significant growth in the use of CT, the utilization of noncardiac chest imaging increased markedly in the emergency department during the past few decades, according to research from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute published online January 2 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
January 7, 2019
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3D printing offers alternative to CT-guided lung surgery
By Abraham Kim
An international team of researchers created 3D-printed navigational templates that were just as accurate as CT at locating small lung nodules before surgery. The templates had the added benefits of shorter operating times and lower radiation exposure, according to an article recently published online in JAMA Surgery.
January 2, 2019
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JAMA: CCTA may not be best first-line exam for chest pain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Current evidence does not support coronary CT angiography (CCTA) as the test of choice for the noninvasive evaluation of chest pain, says a cardiologist from California in a December 26 editorial published in JAMA Cardiology.
January 1, 2019
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Use mammography to leverage CT lung cancer screening
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast cancer screening offers radiology practices the opportunity to encourage women to get screened for lung cancer and receive smoking cessation counseling, according to research delivered at the RSNA 2018 meeting.
January 1, 2019
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Report: Federal regulators knew of black lung resurgence
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new report claims that U.S. regulators were aware of a resurgence of black lung disease among coal miners in the Appalachian region but failed to take steps to halt the epidemic until recently.
December 19, 2018
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CT lung screening spots cancers earlier in China
By Abraham Kim
A large-scale CT lung screening program in China detected a higher proportion of early-stage lung cancers than did comparable trials in the U.S. and Europe, even for a population that included relatively young, nonsmoking adults, according to an article recently published online in Academic Radiology.
December 19, 2018
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Global lung screening project shows early promise
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer is reporting promising results with its Early Lung Imaging Confederation.
December 18, 2018
AI uses features outside nodules to predict malignancy
By Brian Casey
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was able to distinguish benign from malignant nodules in cases of suspected non-small cell lung cancer on CT scans by analyzing the area immediately outside of the nodule, according to a December 18 paper in Radiology by researchers from Case Western Reserve University.
December 18, 2018
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Report: Ky. black lung law targets 1 radiologist
By Brian Casey
A law passed in Kentucky earlier this year that stripped radiologists of the right to interpret x-rays of coal miners who may have black lung disease was actually targeted at a single radiologist who has been instrumental in documenting the resurgence of black lung in central Appalachia.
December 17, 2018
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CT lung screening cuts cancer mortality 51% in Japan
By Abraham Kim
In a new large-scale trial of CT lung cancer screening, researchers are reporting that screening reduced the risk of lung cancer mortality by 51% compared with x-ray screening in a Japanese population that included low-risk individuals and nonsmokers. Their findings were published online December 12 in the Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology.
December 13, 2018
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