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.

AMA resolution backs expanded low-dose CT screenings for lung cancer, heart risk
Dana Smetherman, MD, CEO of the American College of Radiology, discusses the policy, which urges for more robust promotion of low-dose CT as a public health tool.
Symptom-detected breast cancers more likely to require mastectomy, chemotherapy
New research adds to the “strong evidence” supporting screening guidelines and highlights the importance of women adhering to clinical recommendations.
ACC backs AMA resolution to boost lung cancer and heart disease screenings in smokers with low-dose CT scans
Former American College of Cardiology president Kim Allan Williams, Sr., MD, an ACC delegate to the American Medical Association House of Delegates, discusses an AMA resolution aimed at improving public awareness of low-dose CT lung cancer exams that can screen for coronary artery calcium at the same time.
Symptom-detected breast cancers nearly 7 times more likely to be diagnosed at advanced stage
Advances in treatment are often credited with improving breast cancer outcomes, but new findings suggest the decrease in mortality may actually be due to improved screening initiatives.
Should more imaging be included in physicals?
John Simon, MD, CEO of SimonMed Imaging, says imaging has considerably advanced for noninvasive detection of disease and it may be time for it to play a greater role in annual physicals, especially in executive physical exams.

States move breast cancer screening bills forward

The bills update the ages at which insurance carriers are required to cover screening mammograms and add language that includes tomosynthesis in the definition of mammographic screening.

These image findings on LDCT screenings offer insight beyond lung cancer

Research published recently in BMC Pulmonary Medicine examined associations between findings on low dose computed tomography screenings and other conditions, such as cardiovascular, respiratory and oncologic diseases.

New AI tool accurately classifies breast density

The software was trained using more than 700 images and achieved a breast density classification accuracy of 89%, experts recently shared in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

Routine mammograms offer insight into women's risk of cardiovascular disease

Women with breast arterial calcifications are 51% more likely to develop heart disease or have a stroke, experts explained recently in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.

Stacey Wolfson, MD, chief resident, and Beatriu Reig, MD, MPH, clinical assistant professor of radiology, Department of Radiology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, explain the findings of a study they were the lead authors on published in Radiology. Their study looked at 1,200 women who were vaccinated and received breast imaging exams, and they found several cancers, so their conclusion is not to wait for breast imaging after receiving a COVID vaccine or booster.

VIDEO: Should women wait to get mammograms after COVID vaccination?

In an exclusive video, Stacey Wolfson, MD, and Beatriu Reig, MD, MPH, from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, discuss the findings of their new analysis.

An example of a mammogram with some dense breast tissue that was deemed to not have cancer, and molecular breast imaging (MBI) study of the same women showing increased metabolic activity in the dense area, revealing a caner. Image from Mayo Clinic.

Mayo Clinic offers new guidance on supplemental screening of women with dense breasts

There are not yet consensus-based guidelines available for screening women with dense breast tissue, so researchers at Mayo Clinic recently developed a set of recommendations regarding supplemental screening.

Examples of two lung cancers that were caught using low dose CT lung screening. Image from RSNA

Q&A: What updated reimbursement policies could mean for CT lung screening rates in the United States

The ACR said a recent reimbursement rule change for low-dose computed tomography (CT) lung screen scans will help open up screening to more patients.

New research sheds light on imbalance in cancer imaging studies

The analysis examined 620 cancer imaging studies from the top 25 imaging-related journals to come up with publication-to-incidence and publication-to-mortality ratios.

Screening

AMA resolution backs expanded low-dose CT screenings for lung cancer, heart risk

Symptom-detected breast cancers more likely to require mastectomy, chemotherapy

ACC backs AMA resolution to boost lung cancer and heart disease screenings in smokers with low-dose CT scans

Symptom-detected breast cancers nearly 7 times more likely to be diagnosed at advanced stage

Should more imaging be included in physicals?