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Aortic Aneurysm Treatment Monitored By Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound -
Wed, 16 May 2012
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is an effective, noninvasive method for monitoring patients who undergo......
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Breast Imaging And Reporting Data Systems, And MRI In Predicting Breast Cancer: Study -
Wed, 16 May 2012
A large, multicenter study found that the Breast Imaging and Reporting Data Systems (BI-RADS) termin......
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What Is An Ultrasound? -
Wed, 16 May 2012
An ultrasound scan, also referred to as a sonogram, diagnostic sonography, and ultrasonography, is a......
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Additional Malignancies Detected By Pre-Op MRI In Dense & Non-Dense Breasts -
Tue, 08 May 2012
Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients should undergo a preoperative MRI exam even if their breasts ......
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Questioning The Necessity Of 6 Month Follow-Up Of Patients With Benign MRI-Guided Breast Biopsies -
Tue, 08 May 2012
Short term follow-up of patients who have had a negative (benign) MRI-guided vacuum assisted breast ......
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Wouldn't You Like To Know What Your Dog Is Thinking? Brain Scans Unleash Canine Secrets -
Mon, 07 May 2012
When your dog gazes up at you adoringly, what does it see? A best friend? A pack leader? A can opene......
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Dissection Necessary For Breast Cancer Patients With Positive Ultrasound Guided Axillary Node Biopsy -
Mon, 07 May 2012
Contrary to a trend in treatment, breast cancer patients with suspicious lymph nodes should have an ......
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Physician Interpretation Time Dramatically Reduced By Automated Breast Ultrasound -
Sat, 05 May 2012
Automated breast ultrasound takes an average three minutes of physician time, allowing for quick and......
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Imaging Agent Flutemetamol Presented At Neurology Meeting -
Thu, 03 May 2012
Results from 4 pooled brain biopsy studies, as well as results from a brain autopsy study of the inv......
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Nanotechnology That May Enhance Medication Delivery And Improve MRI Performance -
Wed, 02 May 2012
Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital have shown a new category of "green" nanoparticles......
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When Abdominal Ultrasound Inconclusive, Follow-Up CT Often Effective -
Tue, 01 May 2012
About one-third of CT examinations performed following an inconclusive abdominal ultrasound examinat......
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MRI Not Recommended For Patients With Pacemakers -
Tue, 01 May 2012
Great care should be taken when performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with a cardi......
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Using PET And CT To Predict Heart Attack -
Wed, 25 Apr 2012
Almost 2.7 million people in the UK suffer from coronary heart disease (CHD), which kills 88,000 peo......
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Bacteria-Tainted Ultrasound Gel Seized By FDA -
Thu, 19 Apr 2012
The FDA informs that US Marshals have seized Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel after l......
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Human Brain Understood In Simple Statistical Model -
Tue, 17 Apr 2012
By modeling the trade-off between two competing ways of making useful connections, a team of UK and ......
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'Virtual Stenting' Aids PCI Planning (CME/CE, with video) -
Thu, 17 May 2012
PARIS (MedPage Today) -- Computer projections of the impact of stenting on cardiac ischemia measured......
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No Laxative Colon Exam Finds Big Lesions (CME/CE) -
Mon, 14 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Virtual colonoscopy technology that eliminates the need for laxative bowel prep a......
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MRI Safe for Patients with Cardiac Devices (CME/CE) -
Fri, 11 May 2012
BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Performing non-thoracic MRI scans at 1.5 Tesla appears to be safe for pati......
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FDA Drafts Rules to Cut Radiation Exposure in Kids -
Thu, 10 May 2012
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA is proposing that makers of ionizing radiation devices add la......
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Breast Imaging Study Flunks Clinical Test (CME/CE) -
Mon, 07 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Breast thermography identified only half of suspicious breast lesions that proved......
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Risk Plays Little Role in Stress Test Orders (CME/CE) -
Mon, 07 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Patients admitted to the hospital for observation with low-risk chest pain were h......
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Local RT Thwarts Breast Tumor Bed Recurrence (CME/CE) -
Mon, 07 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Early breast cancer had a low likelihood of tumor bed recurrence when treated wit......
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Cardio Notes: Stroke Imaging Not Always Timely -
Mon, 07 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Even hospitals schooled in enhanced stroke treatment are lagging in efficient bra......
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Breast Cancer Deadlier for Men (CME/CE) -
Mon, 07 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Relatively few men develop breast cancer, but survival lags for those who do comp......
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Normal Breast Screening OK After Benign Biopsy (CME/CE, with audio) -
Fri, 04 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Aggressive surveillance after a benign finding on breast biopsy may not be needed......
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CT Tops X-Ray to Spot Lesions in Myeloma (CME/CE) -
Thu, 03 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Whole-body CT scans detected almost four times as many bone lesions in multiple m......
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Low-Dose Equals High-Dose in Thyroid Ablation (CME/CE) -
Wed, 02 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Patients with low-risk thyroid cancer had similar rates of successful tissue abla......
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Disease More Apt to Kill than CT Scan Radiation (CME/CE) -
Wed, 02 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- CT scans confer a miniscule risk of death from secondary cancers compared with th......
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Standard Radiation Best for Breast Cancer in Older Women (CME/CE, with video) -
Tue, 01 May 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Brachytherapy may not be a good substitute for conventional radiation among older......
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Breast Screening in 40s Proposed Based on Risk (CME/CE) -
Mon, 30 Apr 2012
(MedPage Today) -- Breast cancer screening starting at age 40 may have an acceptable balance of risk......
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Valuable Tool In Lung Cancer Screening - Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery -
Thu, 17 May 2012
The most recent research released in June's Journal of Thoracic Oncology says video assisted thoraci......
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Proper Radiotherapy Targeting While The Patient Is Breathing -
Tue, 15 May 2012
Radiotherapists are constantly battling in order to administer the correct dose of radiotherapy, as ......
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Cervical Cancer Patients Avoid Hysterectomies With Help Of 3-D Imaging Techniques -
Tue, 15 May 2012
A study presented by Dr. Renaud Mazeron at the World Congress of Brachytherapy reveals that many cas......
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HPV Positive Throat Cancer Responds Well To Just Radiotherapy -
Tue, 15 May 2012
New research from Denmark, presented at the 31st Conference of the European Society for Radiotherapy......
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Computerized 'Virtual Cleansing' Accurate, Negates Need For Laxatives In Colonoscopy -
Tue, 15 May 2012
A CT-scan-based form of virtual colonoscopy that does not require laxative preparation appears to be......
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Unnecessary CT Scans Reduced In ER Patients With Abdominal Pain -
Tue, 15 May 2012
A new electronic medical record tool that tallies patients' previous radiation exposure from CT scan......
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Cancer In The Elderly: Research Fails To Keep Up With Demographic Change -
Tue, 15 May 2012
New research showing that almost half of 13,000 patients with head and neck cancers had other health......
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In Early Stage Breast Cancer, Highly Targeted Irradiation As Good As Whole Breast Radiotherapy -
Tue, 15 May 2012
Using a concentrated, highly targeted dose of radiation to the breast has equally good results as ir......
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How To Hit The Treatment Target And Breathe Without Causing Collateral Damage During Radiotherapy -
Mon, 14 May 2012
Respiratory movement during radiotherapy makes it difficult to hit the right treatment target and th......
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How To Overcome Poor Response To Radiotherapy Caused By Low Haemoglobin Levels -
Sun, 13 May 2012
Patients with head and neck cancer and a low haemoglobin (Hb) level do not respond well to radiother......
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Using Stem Cell Therapy For Neck And Head Cancers Avoids Salivary Gland Damage Caused By Radiotherapy -
Fri, 11 May 2012
Approximately 40% of individuals treated for head and neck cancer experience the distressing adverse......
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Radiotherapy Alone Better For HPV-Positive Throat Cancer Patients Than HPV-Negative Patients -
Fri, 11 May 2012
New findings from a large Danish database of cancer patients suggest that, even though the human pap......
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Hysterectomies May Be Avoided For Cervical Cancer Patients Using 3-D Image Guided Brachytherapy -
Fri, 11 May 2012
Delivering radiotherapy directly to cancer of the cervix using 3-D imaging techniques is effective a......
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Salivary Gland Damage In Head And Neck Cancer May Be Avoided By Stem Cell Sparing Radiotherapy -
Fri, 11 May 2012
Researchers believe they may have found a way to avoid damaging salivary glands during radiotherapy ......
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Changes In Technology, Clinical Practice Prompt Updated Recommendations For Modern Cardiac Cath Labs -
Thu, 10 May 2012
Modern cardiac catheterization laboratories bear scant resemblance to the cath labs of a decade ago.......
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