Oncology Imaging

Medical imaging has become integral to cancer care, assessing the stage and location of cancerous tumors. By utilizing powerful imaging modalities including CT, MRI, MRA and PET/CT, oncology imaging radiologists are able to assist referring physicians in the detection and diagnosis of cancer.

Specialized ultrasound can accurately detect prostate cancer, new research shows

Ultrasound pinpointed 4.3% fewer prostate cancers in comparison to multiparametric MRI, according to new research published in Lancet Oncology.

March 1, 2022
neck ultrasound thyroid

Multimodal AI platform can accurately diagnose and stage thyroid cancer via ultrasound images

 The platform was developed using a combination of four different AI methods, according to research presented at the 2022 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancers Symposium.

February 24, 2022
Breast ultrasound of a 62-year-old woman with benign reactive adenopathy after COVID-19 vaccination. Image from Academic Radiology.

These ultrasound features distinguish between COVID vaccine-related and malignant adenopathy

Such considerations will be important as more patients receive vaccines for the first time or additional boosters, experts wrote in Academic Radiology.

February 22, 2022
Breast MRI

Breast MRI screening cuts cancer mortality rates in half for women with lesser-known gene mutations

Women with ATM, CHEK2 and PALB2 gene mutations would benefit from beginning MRI screenings earlier than previously recommended, experts reported in JAMA Oncology.

February 18, 2022

MRI-guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer cuts treatment side effects in half

The team originally planned to enroll 300 men in the study, but the decisive results seen among the first 100 patients prompted them to cut enrollment in half.

February 15, 2022
Patient in hospital bed

Significant uptick of late-stage cancer diagnoses attributed to COVID

Concerningly, the number of patients diagnosed with stage 4 disease increased from 1.9% in 2019 to 6.2% in 2020, experts reported in JAMA Network Open.

February 15, 2022
Artificial intelligence can help make breast cancer screening mammography more accurate.

Combining neural network with breast density measurements boosts interval cancer detection rates

With up to 30% of breast cancers developing in between screenings, there is a great need to improve risk assessments, experts discussed recently in Radiology.

February 9, 2022
Brain Scan

MR-guided thermoseeds can destroy cancerous brain tissue

"Improving the precision of treatment delivery is arguably the greatest unmet need we have in contemporary medicine," experts explained in Advanced Science.

February 2, 2022