Screening

Diagnostic screening programs help catch cancer, abnormalities or other diseases before they reach an advanced stage, saving lives and healthcare costs. Screening programs include, lung, breast, prostate, and cervical cancer, among many others.

Men treated for prostate cancer have increased fracture risk, yet few complete DXA screening

Out of 50,000 men included in the study, 17.5% sustained a fracture after beginning prostate cancer treatment, but only 7.9% received such scans.

April 7, 2022
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Researchers use MRI scans to develop a growth chart specific to the human brain

A team of researchers have developed a new tool that benchmarks brain development and growth based on over 120,000 MRI scans.

April 6, 2022

Vaping and smoking have opposite physiologic effects on the lungs, MRI scans show

Researchers found that tobacco exposure decreased lung perfusion, while vaping led to an increase after just one smoking session.

April 5, 2022
A new mobile prostate cancer screening unit has just been launched by Mount Sinai Health in New York City.

Mobile prostate cancer screening unit hits the streets of NYC

The Mount Sinai Robert F. Smith Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening Unit was developed with the intention of increasing access to screening and supporting prostate health in the Black community.

April 4, 2022

Individualized communications increase colorectal cancer screening completion

Those who received customized messages pertaining to their risk of developing colorectal cancer are 34% more likely to complete the screening than those who are offered standard referrals, research shows.

April 1, 2022
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Lung cancer screenings are proven to save lives, but disparities remain, experts discover

Non-white individuals and people living in less educated, lower income areas are more likely to receive an advanced lung cancer diagnosis, such as stage 4 disease.

March 31, 2022
Doctors have increasingly been seeing breast exams with swollen lymph nodes imitating cancer in patients who have received a vaccine, prompting Penn Medicine providers to offer up guidance. mammography mammogram breast cancer

New data on false positive rates for DBT and DM screenings

Digital breast tomosynthesis exams produce fewer false positive results than standard two-dimensional mammography, though not substantially, experts shared recently in JAMA Open Network.

March 30, 2022

Radiologists should be mindful of extracolonic findings on CTC scans of cancer patients

Extracolonic findings observed on computed tomography colonography scans of cancer patients might identify undetected malignancies more often than previously thought, according to a new study in Clinical Imaging

March 30, 2022