Chest Radiology: Page 125

Textural features help differentiate pulmonary nodules
By Erik L. Ridley
Monday, December 1 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSC03-05 | Room S404ABU.K. researchers will explain in this Monday talk how textural analysis can help distinguish between benign and malignant pulmonary nodules.
November 9, 2014
Software boosts CT lung cancer screening efficiency
By Erik L. Ridley
Sunday, November 30 | 11:25 a.m.-11:35 a.m. | SSA04-05 | Room S404CDDutch researchers will describe how their software can enable CT lung cancer screening studies to be read in less than a minute.
November 9, 2014
CT lung cancer screening cost-effective in NLST
By Eric Barnes
Lung cancer screening was found to be reasonably cost-effective in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), but real-world results could vary based on screening methodology and other factors, according to the results of a long-awaited analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine.
November 6, 2014
PET/MRI adds to lung cancer diagnoses
By Wayne Forrest
Wednesday, December 3 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSK18-08 | Room S505ABBritish researchers have concluded that PET/MRI appears to be a "robust technique" for preoperative staging of lung cancer patients, offering "significantly lower radiation dose."
November 4, 2014
PET/MRI could benefit NSCLC patients with less radiation, adequate imaging
By Wayne Forrest
Wednesday, December 3 | 10:40 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | SSK18-02 | Room S505ABWith radiation exposure to patients a constant concern, whole-body staging with PET/MRI could greatly benefit patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study from University Hospital Zurich.
November 4, 2014
Study determines SUVmax cutoff for accurate solitary lung nodule prognosis
By Wayne Forrest
Monday, December 1 | 10:40 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | SSC03-02 | Room S404ABItalian researchers have determined the optimum cutoff of maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) for an accurate prognosis of patients with solitary lung nodules.
November 4, 2014
Effective assessment of lung cancer treatment response
By Eric Barnes
Monday, December 1 | 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | RC218 | Room N226A multispeaker course on treatment response for several kinds of cancer begins at 8:30 a.m. with a talk by Dr. Elena Korngold on a practical perspective of reporting treatment response. Arrive by 9:30 a.m. for the last talk in the series by Dr. Jeremy Erasmus from MD Anderson Cancer Center, who will focus on lung cancer.
November 3, 2014
Do positive NLST results persist in a poor, nonwhite, overweight urban population?
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 30 | 10:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. | SSA04-01 | Room S404CDA new study looked at lung cancer screening in a population that bears little resemblance to the relatively affluent cohort in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), which produced a minimum 20% mortality reduction from screening. Does the successful NLST model still hold true?
November 3, 2014
ACR hopes for good news from CMS on CT lung screening
By Eric Barnes
This November could be the most significant Lung Cancer Awareness Month in history, if Medicare approves full coverage of CT lung cancer screening for seniors 65 years and older, the American College of Radiology (ACR) said in a statement.
November 2, 2014
Chest statement calls for lung screening of Medicare patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Chest has published a policy statement on lung cancer screening that calls on the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to approve screening in Medicare-aged individuals.
November 2, 2014
New studies highlight promises, risks of lung cancer screening
By Eric Barnes
Clinicians need to learn more about the benefits of lung cancer screening with CT, biopsy their patients less, and not worry too much about the survival prospects of patients with minimally invasive adenocarcinomas, according to three studies presented on Thursday morning at the Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology in Chicago.
October 30, 2014
JAMA IM editorials weigh in on lung cancer screening
By Eric Barnes
With Medicare on the cusp of a momentous decision about whether to pay for CT lung cancer screening, the issue is the focus of a pair of editorials published October 13 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Taking opposite sides, the articles one last time outline positions that have become solidified as the U.S. government weighs what could be one of the biggest public health initiatives in decades.
October 12, 2014
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