Two branch chiefs with the cancer imaging program at NIH’s National Cancer Institute have produced a written commemoration to mark the golden anniversary of 1971’s National Cancer Act.
Nearly 20% of the women included in the study did not complete their follow-up imaging at all, and out of the 3,648 women who did adhere to additional imaging, 23.3% delayed their exams beyond the recommended 60-day period.
Though the participants’ actual ages ranged from 69 to 72 years old, the experts’ predictive analysis revealed their estimated current brain ages to be between 46 and 93.
Experts arrived at this conclusion after comparing incidents of hematoma between patients who did and did not receive antithrombotic therapy prior to their procedure.
Overall, PCI patients appear to face a higher risk of in-hospital mortality, 30-day mortality and in-hospital cardiovascular mortality if they present with an active or historical cancer diagnosis. The group's analysis included data from nearly 6.6 million patients.
Jianyi "Jay" Zhang, MD, PhD, is leading one of three major NIH-funded research projects on growing new heart muscle cells. Photo courtesy of The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded the funds to three research teams.
United Imaging Healthcare of Shanghai just became the seventh Chinese company this year to enjoy an IPO topping $1 billion—and the third best-performing of the bunch.
Over the five-year period ending last December 31, only a third of 218 scientific articles on AI in four popular radiology journals shared the researchers’ code.
