 
Radiology News Recommended Breast Screening MRI Not Followed Through Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST A study of 64,659 women, recently published in the journal Academic Radiology, found that while 1,246 of these women were at high enough breast cancer risk to recommend additional screening with MRI, only 173 of these women returned to the clinic within a year for the additional screening... CPOE System With Clinical Decision Support For Radiology Successfully Implemented By Large Hospital Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST In an effort to reduce the inappropriate use of medical imaging and improve quality of care, a large, tertiary-care hospital has successfully implemented a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system with clinical decision support for radiology, according to a study in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology... Cyberknife Radiation Successful For Treating Tigeminal Neuralgia Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST A small study published online in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery shows that a technique in which highly concentrated beams of radiation are used, known as Cyberknife, can relieve the stabbing pain of the facial nerve condition trigeminal neuralgia... Accuracy Of Mammogram Readings Improved With Visual Nudge Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST In 2011 - to the consternation of women everywhere - a systematic review of randomized clinical trials showed that routine mammography was of little value to younger women at average or low risk of breast cancer... Head And Neck Cancer Recurrences Detected Earlier By Routine Follow-Up Scans Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST Routine use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans in head and neck cancer patient follow-up can detect local recurrences before they become clinically apparent and may improve the outcome of subsequent salvage therapy, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...  |
