Adaptive RT Fails to Relieve Dry Mouth in Head and Neck Cancer "Expensive and intensive" process does not translate into clinical benefit, researchers conclude Jun 01, 2023
Lung Cancer Screening Results Influence Follow-Up Adherence Study suggests groups to target for enhanced outreach to encourage regular screening May 25, 2023
Mucus Plugs in Airways of COPD Patients Linked to Higher Mortality In retrospective study, 54% mortality rate for those with mucus plugs in 3 or more lung segments May 22, 2023
Biologic Envelope Cuts Complications After Cardiac Device Implantation "Any strategy to reduce infection rates in these patients is important," expert says May 22, 2023
Dual-Chamber Leadless Pacemaker Impresses in Safety-and-Performance Study Device provided atrial pacing, reliable atrioventricular synchrony for 3 months post-implantation May 21, 2023
PCI 'Roadmap' for the Coronary Tree Cuts Contrast Use Tool could hold promise for reducing acute kidney injury risk May 19, 2023
ChatGPT Passes Board Exam Here's how two versions of the chatbot performed on mock radiology boards May 16, 2023
Multimodal Evaluations May Flag Cardiac Allograft Problems Earlier Study underscores importance of anatomical, physiological parameters May 11, 2023
Hyperbaric Oxygen for Long COVID? Heart Ultrasounds Offer Limited Support Randomized trial shows global longitudinal strain improvement with clinical data lacking May 10, 2023
Brain Amyloid Seen in Young Men With Subconcussive Trauma Early amyloid accumulation found in military instructors exposed to repetitive blast injuries May 10, 2023
Proposed Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Are Good, but Not Enough Specifics for older women, Black women, and those with dense breasts are needed May 09, 2023
Scoliosis Cramps Heart Function in Adulthood Spinal curvature associated with cardiac strain, compression May 04, 2023
Implanted Ultrasound Device Opening Blood-Brain Barrier Promising in Brain Tumors Device allows delivery of more potent chemotherapies to patients with glioblastomas May 03, 2023
Is Unenhanced CT Accurate for Diagnosing Acute Abdominal Pain in the ED? Contrast medium may be withheld due to sensitivity, kidney disease, or lack of availability May 03, 2023
Can Functional MRI Read Your Mind? A decoder captured the gist of a person's thoughts in an fMRI scanner May 01, 2023
Robust PSA Drops With Radionuclide Therapy in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer All but one patient had a PSA decline after a fractionated dose of 225Ac-J591 Apr 18, 2023
High Out-of-Pocket Costs Tied to Less Follow-Up After Initial Mammography Plans dominated by copays and deductibles are associated with higher out-of-pocket costs Mar 27, 2023
Embryo Development Delayed in Pregnancies Ending in Miscarriage Researchers stress the importance of embryonic health Mar 27, 2023
Novel PET Imaging Agent Accurately IDs Clear Cell Renal Cancers ZIRCON trial meets sensitivity and specificity targets Mar 13, 2023
More Sophisticated Imaging Doesn't Necessarily Mean Better Outcomes in Ischemic HF But cardiac MRI, PET may still have value in some patients, per AIMI-HF trial Mar 09, 2023
Typical Chest CTs for COVID Less Common After Omicron, Vaccination More vaccine doses associated with less severe CT results as well Mar 09, 2023
Pulsed Field Afib Ablation Hits Endpoints in Pivotal Trial Technology appears durable in most patients Mar 08, 2023
'Our Goal Is Not to Omit Radiation Therapy' in Breast Cancer Honing indications for de-escalation of treatment intensity and, yes, selective omission of RT Mar 06, 2023
Immediate Complete Revascularization Non-Inferior to Staged Procedure Patients with ACS and multivessel disease saw multiple outcome benefits in BIOVASC trial Mar 05, 2023
Chest CTs Reveal Abnormalities 2 Years After Severe COVID 39% of hospitalized Wuhan patients had persistent interstitial lung abnormalities, study finds Feb 15, 2023
Safe to Omit RT After Lumpectomy in Certain Older Breast Cancer Patients Radiotherapy reduced local recurrence, but showed no effect on OS, distant recurrence Feb 15, 2023
AI Tool Forecasts Lung Cancer Risk From a Single CT Scan Experts give high marks to performance of "Sybil" in predicting disease over 6 years Feb 07, 2023
Risk Model-Based Lung Cancer Screening More Cost-Effective Than USPSTF Recs Risk prediction models more sensitive than age-, smoking history-based methods Feb 07, 2023
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publishes Paper Written Almost Entirely by ChatGPT It required close editing, human co-author said Feb 03, 2023
Perioperative Chemo Matches Multimodal Tx for Locally Advanced Esophageal/GEJ Cancer Nearly identical 3-year survival, questioning the need for radiotherapy before surgery Jan 20, 2023
MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Eases Pain From Bone Metastases More responses with ultrasound, but quality-of-life scores lower vs EBRT in nonrandomized trial Jan 11, 2023
Genomic Assay May Pinpoint Who Can Skip RT After Breast-Conserving Surgery Patients categorized as low risk with 16-gene signature showed no significant benefit with RT Jan 06, 2023
Optimizing Treatment for Older Patients With HR+ Low-Risk Breast Cancer Five days of radiotherapy, five years of hormonal therapy, or somewhere in between? Jan 05, 2023
Scattered Brain Bleeds, Vasculitis in Alzheimer's Trial Death Case report is published days ahead of FDA lecanemab decision Jan 04, 2023
Higher Brain Cancer Risk After CT Exam in Childhood Study suggests one radiation-induced brain cancer expected per 10,000 persons receiving a head CT Dec 09, 2022
MRI-Targeted Biopsy for Prostate Cancer Reduces Risk of Overdiagnosis Though at the cost of delayed diagnosis of some clinically significant cancers Dec 07, 2022
Still Using Medical Jargon? Prepare to Be Misunderstood Survey shows just how often individuals misinterpret common medical phrases Dec 01, 2022
Ultra-High-Res MRI Highlights Migraine Brain Changes Patients had significant changes in perivascular spaces Dec 01, 2022
Brain MRI Finds Areas of Interest in Kids With ADHD Findings could potentially offer a more objective diagnosis for the disorder, researcher says Nov 30, 2022
Metastasis-Directed Therapy May Delay ADT in Advanced Prostate Cancer Surgery or radiation delayed initiation of systemic therapy by 18 months Nov 29, 2022
