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.
In conjunction with prevention efforts, the introduction of screening examinations has resulted in a reduction of nearly 6 million cancer-related deaths since 1975.
Breast density is most often discussed within the context of cancer risk, but new research suggests that it also could be used as a marker of cardiometabolic health.
The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer.
Individuals exposed to diagnostic radiation in the first decade of their life face an increased risk of developing the disease, Penn Medicine experts reported recently.
Experts from a pandemic hotspot in Austria reported on the first patients enrolled in an ongoing study, noting significant imaging-based improvements after 12-week follow-up visits.
Patients with developmental difficulties are more likely to undergo a CT scan—rather than ultrasound—compared to those without cognition issues, researchers reported.
On-call trainees are a great resource during off-hours, but must avoid missing key organs during ultrasound exams to prevent unnecessary follow-up CT and MRIs, experts wrote in Academic Radiology.