The National Lung Cancer Roundtable made the call to action last week to coincide with the start of Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

As of Thursday, Nov. 7, more than 2,050 individuals had been stricken by electronic cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) in 49 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

No medical specialty outside of radiology and cardiology educate their trainees in image interpretation enough to justify nonradiologist physicians reading studies in the clinical setting, according to new research published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

University of Pennsylvania scientists are piloting the use of special imaging markers to track the movement of CAR T cells within the body. 
 

Radiologists should expect to see more dementia cases in the near future, but in order to properly care for these patients they must take steps to better understand the condition.

A group of five researchers looked at the relationship between studies read by radiology trainees during their residency and first-time performance on the ABR Core Examination, sharing their findings in Academic Radiology.

E-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury has already stricken more than 1,600 individuals across the country, killing 34. 

“It is evident from today’s report that these lung injuries are disproportionately affecting young people,” said Director Robert Redfield, MD.