Neurosurgeon Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD, was in Santiago, Panama, but his patient was in Panama City. "It is the highlight of my career to be involved in this historic achievement," Pereira said.
Almost two in five physicians suffered moral distress in the two weeks leading up to their being asked about it by researchers. That was a markedly larger slice than the team observed in the general U.S. working population.
New findings suggest that the procedure offers effective local control and a favorable safety profile for patients with medically inoperable stage 1A non-small cell lung cancer.
Gadolinium-153, or Gd-153, is routinely used to calibrate nuclear imaging equipment. It has been in short supply since 2023 when global distribution of the radioisotope came to a halt.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, with a five-year survival rate of only 44% if caught early, dropping down to 3% if it metastasizes. This is largely due to its ability to elude detection.
While the technology and techniques associated with TAVR have advanced over the years, treating patients who present with baseline atrial fibrillation is still associated with certain risks.
Such roving imaging vans have been posed as a way to reach more women in rural and underserved communities. But do they unintentionally hurt facility-based efforts?
