In a May 20 essay in the Washington Post, Steven Petrow takes a look at his sister’s battle with ovarian cancer. He described how, after 18 weeks of chemotherapy, she is faced with a decision: Enroll in clinical trials or sit back in and opt for “active surveillance.”

Of the 247 emergency room (ER) physicians who responded to the ACEP poll, only 6 percent said their department is “completely” prepared for surge capacity in the wake of a disaster or mass casualty incident.

The American College of Radiology, at its 2018 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., announced results of an election for its new Board of Chancellors. Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, previously the vice chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors, is the first woman elected chair of the board in the organization’s history.

“Where we are headed right now is probably not sustainable. We will not get to a single-payer system in the current administration, maybe [not] even in the next. Things will have to get worse before they get better," said Doug Koekkoek, MD.

For patients without a breast cancer diagnosis, receiving second-opinion interpretations of breast imaging exams relieve anxiety while reducing patient morbidity and healthcare costs, according to a study published May 19 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

In an opinion piece for USA Today, musician and actress Barbra Streisand noted inequalities for women in heart disease research and treatment—resulting in more deaths from cardiovascular disease.

Researchers from the department of radiology at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, thought they could shorten their facility’s standard recovery time for outpatient parenchymal liver biopsies from three hours to two hours—so they put it to the test.

According to an ACR release, more than 220,000 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018 and nearly 160,000 will die from the disease. That exceeds all combined deaths from breast, colon and prostate cancer.