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European lung screening: Proceed with caution
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Europe might not be ready to start screening all high-risk individuals for lung cancer, according to Friday talks at ECR 2014 that addressed the question from both the U.S. and European perspectives.
March 7, 2014
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Bezzi: To succeed with lung biopsies, talk to your patients
By Philip Ward
VIENNA - When it comes to lung biopsies, the key factors are patient consent and collaboration, indications and contraindications, imaging review, guidance selection, patient positioning and the use of local anesthesia, and recovery and potential complications, a leading Italian interventional radiologist told a standing-room only Mini Course on Thursday.
March 6, 2014
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CT features don't predict cardiac risk in lung screening patients
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Spirometry and pulmonary CT parameters aren't helpful for predicting cardiac events in screening participants, even though such markers are independently associated with cardiovascular events in the lung cancer screening population as a whole, according to researchers from the Netherlands.
March 6, 2014
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JACR: CT lung screening possible in community setting
By Kate Madden Yee
A successful community hospital low-dose CT lung screening program is feasible and can be put in place relatively quickly, according to an article published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
February 26, 2014
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MEDCAC meeting to review CT lung screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it will convene a Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) meeting on April 30 to review the available evidence on lung cancer screening with CT.
February 26, 2014
CMS launches public comment period for CT lung screening
By Eric Barnes
In another move toward Medicare payment for CT lung cancer screening, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on February 10 opened up a 30-day public comment period regarding a proposal to make CT screening for high-risk individuals one of Medicare's covered preventive services.
February 10, 2014
Medical imaging plays role in diagnosis and follow-up of MERS
By Rabia Mughal
Patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) have a unique presentation that clinicians are learning to recognize -- and medical imaging plays a role in both diagnosing and following up cases, according to researchers from Saudi Arabia in a new paper in Annals of Internal Medicine.
February 2, 2014
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Quantitative DECT predicts adenocarcinoma grade
By Eric Barnes
Quantitative assessment of tumors using dual-energy CT (DECT) can help predict the aggressiveness and invasiveness of lung adenocarcinoma, according to a study by researchers from South Korea that was presented at the RSNA 2013 meeting.
January 21, 2014
USPSTF posts CT lung cancer screening fact sheet
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has published a fact sheet for primary care doctors on its final recommendation for CT lung cancer screening in high-risk individuals.
January 12, 2014
CAD may catch missed pulmonary embolism on CTPA studies
By Erik L. Ridley
Pulmonary embolism can be missed on CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) exams for many reasons, but computer-aided detection (CAD) software may be able to help prevent these damaging false negatives, according to research in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 7, 2014
Decision support aids follow-up of incidental lung nodules
By Erik L. Ridley
Fewer than 1% of incidental pulmonary nodules on abdominal CT turn out to be malignant; however, the odds of catching these rare lung cancers could be improved by using clinical decision-support software when recommending follow-up imaging, according to research from Massachusetts General Hospital.
January 6, 2014
WHO reports MERS in Saudi healthcare workers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported four additional confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) -- two of them in healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia.
December 30, 2013
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