Gastrointestinal Radiology: Page 25

Smokers less likely to undergo medical, screening exams
By Abraham Kim
Current smokers who met the National Lung Screening Trial criteria for CT lung cancer screening were less likely to participate in general medical checkups and colon cancer screening exams than those who did not in a new study, published online October 22 in PLOS One.
October 23, 2019
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Elastography helps liver transplant patients avoid biopsy
By Kate Madden Yee
Ultrasound with a shear-wave elastography technique can help liver transplant patients avoid biopsy on follow-up, according to a study published online October 7 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
October 7, 2019
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American Indian, Alaska Natives at higher cancer risk
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
American Indian and Alaska Native people face higher risk of many cancers than their white counterparts, with wide variation among regional groups, according to a study published October 1 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
October 1, 2019
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Can AI screen for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease?
By Erik L. Ridley
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was able to automatically quantify liver fat on abdominal CT images in a new study, according to research published online September 17 in Radiology. The findings may potentially enable patients who are undergoing CT scans for other indications to also be screened for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
September 19, 2019
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ACR debuts patient-oriented educational offerings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology has acquired the My CT Colonography center online locator tool from Bracco Diagnostics and also launched a free toolkit aimed at helping referring physicians talk to patients about breast screening.
September 18, 2019
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Cancer survival improves, but at varying rates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer survival rates for esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, pancreas, lung, and ovary cancers have improved at varying degrees over the last 20 years in seven high-income countries with universal healthcare, according to research published online September 11 in the Lancet Oncology journal.
September 11, 2019
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Check-Cap inks capsule deal with GE
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Colon capsule developer Check-Cap has signed an agreement for GE Healthcare to manufacture its C-Scan low-dose ingestible x-ray capsule for U.S. clinical trials.
August 21, 2019
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mpMRI reduces unnecessary prostate biopsies
By Kate Madden Yee
Using multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) to image men suspected of having prostate cancer can reduce unnecessary biopsies by more than a third and increase the detection of clinically significant disease by more than 50%, according to a meta-analysis published online August 7 in JAMA Network Open.
August 8, 2019
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NinePoint wins FDA nod for new NvisionVLE applications
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical coherence tomography technology developer NinePoint Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the use of its NvisionVLE imaging system in the pancreas and bile duct.
August 6, 2019
PSMA-PET/CT most effective for recurrent prostate cancer
By Abraham Kim
PET/CT is significantly better at detecting prostate cancer recurrence when used with the radiopharmaceutical gallium-68 (Ga-68) prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) than with F-18 fluciclovine, according to an article recently published online in Lancet Oncology.
August 6, 2019
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USPSTF again dismisses pancreatic cancer screening
By Abraham Kim
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has reaffirmed its prior decision to recommend against imaging-based screening for pancreatic cancer in asymptomatic individuals, in a recommendation statement published online August 6 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
August 6, 2019
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Cinematic rendering complements CT in diagnosing colitis
By Abraham Kim
Radiologists who had access to cinematically rendered images of the colon in addition to conventional CT scans -- as opposed to CT alone -- reported clear improvements in their capacity to diagnose ulcerative colitis in a new study, published in the August issue of the Japanese Journal of Radiology.
July 29, 2019
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