Cath Lab Team Easily Trained to Do Stroke Intervention European center reports good results from the start of its endovascular program Apr 05, 2021
Anti-PD-L1 Flops in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer No PFS benefit from adding avelumab to chemoradiation, hazard ratio favored placebo Apr 02, 2021
Little Benefit With Adjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Endometrial Cancer Chemo prevented relapse but did not improve survival, no benefit from radiotherapy Mar 23, 2021
Positive Data Salvaged for Thrombectomy on Basilar Strokes BEST, BASICS trials not wholly negative, group finds Mar 22, 2021
Immediate Angiography Feasible for Large Vessel Stroke Patients Not stopping patients in the ED improved hospital workflow and patient outcomes Mar 17, 2021
Intracoronary Imaging Backed in Hunt for Vulnerable Plaques But is labor-intensive IVUS-NIRS practical in the real world? Mar 12, 2021
Vascular Surgeon Admits Doing Unnecessary Procedures Feng Qin, MD, will pay $800,000 and be excluded from Medicare for 4 years Mar 11, 2021
USPSTF Expands Lung Cancer Screening Criteria Lower age for starting, new definition of 'heavy smoker' double eligibility for screening Mar 09, 2021
Mammo Study: One Saves Lives, More Exams Save More Lives Risk of fatal breast cancer decreases with increasing participation in screening Mar 02, 2021
Brain Imaging Study Paused After LGBTQ+ Advocates Complain Concerns that UCLA research could damage participants' mental health Mar 01, 2021
Low-Risk TAVR at 2 Years: Thrombosis Concerns Creep In PARTNER 3 showing trends toward convergence of outcomes with surgery Mar 01, 2021
Abandoned Cardiac Device Leads More MRI-Friendly Than Previously Thought Safety of scans supported by observational study Feb 17, 2021
Radionuclide Tx Wins in Third-Line Metastatic CRPC Early trial shows improved PFS, response rates versus cabazitaxel Feb 11, 2021
USPSTF: Still a Hard Pass on Carotid Artery Stenosis Screening Science hasn't improved, task force says Feb 02, 2021
Should COVID-Strained Centers Hit Pause on Lung Cancer Screening? A debate on what stopping scans would do to health systems, patients Feb 01, 2021
Some of Last Year's Deferred Cardiac Surgeries Likely Still in Backlog Report describes effect of COVID on surgical case volumes, outcomes Jan 31, 2021
Combined Cath Approach No Match for Surgery for Aortic Stenosis, CAD Pacemakers increasingly an issue in TAVR plus PCI Jan 30, 2021
Whole-Pelvis Tops Prostate-Only RT in High-Risk Disease Practice impact may hinge on knowledge versus clinical bias Jan 28, 2021
Preop RT Flunks Test in Borderline Pancreatic Cancer Chemotherapy alone judged efficacious but not chemoradiation Jan 20, 2021
Not So Fast on That Post-Resuscitation ECG Study suggests waiting a bit longer to avoid false positives in OHCA Jan 11, 2021
PET Scans Reveal Vascular Inflammation In giant cell arteritis, imaging confirmed clinical response Jan 07, 2021
As COVID-19 Rages, Vaping Lung Disease Hasn't Disappeared COVID similarities complicate EVALI diagnosis Dec 17, 2020
Doctor-Patient Discord in Reporting Radiation Toxicity Physicians underrecognized substantial symptoms in more than half of patients Dec 11, 2020
Bone Marrow Improves Healing With ACL Grafts MRI confirms better outcomes than with allograft alone in randomized study Dec 04, 2020
White Matter Damage Persists Over Time in Vets with TBI Neuroimaging results could offer prognostic markers of recovery or deterioration Dec 02, 2020
FDA OKs 'Game Changer' Radiotracer for Prostate Cancer PET imaging drug detected metastasis at initial diagnosis, outperformed standard for PSA recurrence Dec 01, 2020
Tiny Lung Micronodules in Bone Sarcoma Not Even a Tiny Problem? Five-year survival no worse in patients with micronodules under 5 mm Nov 20, 2020
Novel Screening Approach Promising for Silent CAD More than 40% of healthy Swedish participants still had subclinical coronary artery disease Nov 16, 2020
Lung Ultrasound Beats X-Rays in COVID Pneumonia Screening Patients with negative scans typically go home, while positives head to CT Nov 01, 2020
Focal RT Boost in High-Risk Prostate Cancer Cuts PSA Relapse Rates of biochemical relapse cut in half with boost to 95 Gy Oct 29, 2020
High-Dose SBRT More Effective for Painful Spine Metastases Roughly one-third of patients had a complete pain response at 3 and 6 months Oct 26, 2020
'Drug-Based Therapy is Here to Stay' in Angioplasty for PAD TCT Connect studies report reassuring safety data, promise in challenging segments Oct 18, 2020
Is PCI the Answer to Vulnerable Plaques That Don't Limit Flow? Some success with BVS placement in PROSPECT ABSORB Oct 14, 2020
Look for Bone Mets at Soft Tissue Sarcoma Diagnosis Lung scan only would have missed 40% of all metastases, majority of bone disease, study finds Oct 12, 2020
Eddie Van Halen's Head and Neck Cancer A look at what caused the legendary guitarist's death Oct 12, 2020
Stress Tests: A Waning Practice Before Knee, Hip Replacement Yet one surprising group actually saw an increase Sep 30, 2020
DCIS Tied to Higher Chance of Breast Cancer Death Black women and those under 40 at particularly high risk Sep 16, 2020
Post-COVID Heart Scans Without Symptoms: Not a Good Idea Multidisciplinary group urges against general population screening Sep 15, 2020
Florida Surgeon Tries Again With Whistleblower Suit Against Hospital Seeks damages after dismissal, allegedly for refusing to keep all referrals in-network Sep 10, 2020
Bedside MRI Feasible in ICU, for COVID-19 Study showed abnormalities found without any complications from the device Sep 09, 2020
