Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

Radiation segmentectomy shows promise in treatment of early-stage liver cancer

Radiation segmentectomy (RS) could give physicians a new tool in the fight against early-stage liver cancer, according to a new study published in Radiology. Many patients aren’t eligible for other treatment options—surgery, liver transplantation and radiofrequency ablation, for example—adding even more importance to this new research.

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Adjusting patient positioning for radiotherapy may decrease risk of heart damage

When performing radiotherapy treatment for lung or esophageal cancer, making small adjustments to a patient's positioning can reduce the amount of unintentional damage to the patient's heart, according to an ESTRO press release.

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5 millimeters could be the difference between life and death for radiotherapy patients

A lung cancer patient’s chance of survival after radiotherapy could hinge on a matter of millimeters, researchers reported at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology’s (ESTRO) 2018 conference in Barcelona.

Patients who undergo DIEP flap reconstruction at no increased risk of breast cancer recurrence

Patients who undergo breast reconstruction using abdominal tissue have no increased risk of breast cancer recurrence, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Surgery.

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‘Egg-and-banana sign’ proves a novel CT marker for pulmonary hypertension

A novel CT marker known as the “egg-and-banana sign” is aiding in the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (PH), an infamously hard-to-detect condition that affects hundreds of thousands of U.S. patients each year.

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Radiographer’s personal experience with breast cancer defined her imaging career

Briony Bishop, a consultant breast radiographer at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, loves her career—but the upward climb to her dream job came hand-in-hand with her mom’s health demise.

Should more interventional radiologists be performing endoscopy?

Patient care would improve if more interventional radiologists implemented endoscopy into routine practice, according to a new analysis published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. Should more imaging leaders be working to offer these services?

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Imaging study finds overcoming bias is hard work for the brain

Actively resisting bias is hard work for the brain, researchers reported in the April issue of Scientific Reports, even when it comes to something as simple and ordinary as musical preferences.