Gastrointestinal Radiology: Page 42

Ultrasound + lab tests can reliably spot pediatric appendicitis

By Erik L. Ridley

Combining blood tests with sonography findings significantly outperformed ultrasound alone for diagnosing or ruling out pediatric appendicitis, and the combination could also reduce the number of CT scans in children, according to research published online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

February 23, 2015

Sirtex completes enrollment in colorectal cancer trials

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cancer treatment firm Sirtex Medical has completed enrollment in two Australian trials of its SIR-Spheres yttrium-90 resin microspheres for treating metastatic colorectal cancer.

January 29, 2015

Study questions evidence that screening reduces mortality

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Randomized controlled trials show that few of the currently available screening tests for major diseases where death is a common outcome have documented reductions in disease-specific mortality, according to a new study published online in the International Journal of Epidemiology.

January 20, 2015

CAD for virtual monochromatic CTC images shows high accuracy

By Eric Barnes

A computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm analyzed virtual monochromatic dual-energy CT colonography (CTC) images accurately with few false positives in a study from Massachusetts General Hospital. The researchers believe the study could pave the way to more accurate minimal-prep CTC.

January 5, 2015

PET/MRI compares well with PET/CT for pancreatic cancer staging

By Wayne Forrest

Thursday, December 4 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSQ06-08 | Room E350Italian researchers are adding to the evidence that PET/MRI can benefit cancer patients for use in tumor-node-metastasis staging.

November 10, 2014

MRI seems 'suitable' 1st option for diagnosing appendicitis

By Wayne Forrest

Tuesday, December 2 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSG03-03 | Room E352MRI may be a suitable first-line imaging test to diagnose appendicitis in the general population, according to this study from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

November 10, 2014