Social factors affect adherence to incidental lung nodule follow-up
Social factors influence whether patients who are found to have incidental lung nodules on chest CT imaging adhere to follow-up, according to research published March 8 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
And using a deep-learning model that incorporates demographic, socioeconomic, and nodule-related factors could help predict whether patients will comply with follow-up recommendations, wrote a team led by Zhuoyang Wang of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
"Our study demonstrates that clinical context and socioeconomic factors can predict a patient’s incidental pulmonary nodule follow-up...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties CT Chest Radiology Source Type: news
Social factors influence adherence to incidental lung nodule follow-up
Social factors influence whether patients who are found to have incidental lung nodules on chest CT imaging adhere to follow-up, according to research published March 8 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
And using a deep-learning model that incorporates demographic, socioeconomic, and nodule-related factors could help predict whether patients will comply with follow-up recommendations, wrote a team led by Zhuoyang Wang of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
"Our study demonstrates that clinical context and socioeconomic factors can predict a patient’s incidental pulmonary nodule follow-up...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Subspecialties CT Chest Radiology Source Type: news
Lunit secures two East and Southeast Asia contracts
Lunit has secured two East and Southeast Asia supply contracts.
The company will provide its Insight CXR to Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan and its Insight MMG to Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore. Chung Shan Medical University plans to integrate Insight CXR into its national lung cancer screening program, while Gleneagles Hospital plans to use Insight MMG to streamline breast cancer screening workflow, it said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Red flag symptoms of killer that causes more than half of people to die within one year
Lung cancer causes more than half of people diagnosed to die within one year, an expert has warned. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New York cancer center to deploy Eon ’s AI software
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in upstate New York will deploy AI software from Eon to increase its lung cancer screening offerings in the greater Buffalo area.
Eon’s Eon Patient Management (EPM) software will be used to longitudinally track and manage lung cancer screening patients, Roswell Park said. The cancer center noted that in New York state, only 6% of people eligible are being screened for lung cancer with simple low-dose CT (LDCT) exams.
In 2022, Roswell Park launched an initiative to reduce barriers to care and reach more patients by deploying a lung screening program on wheels in rural and urban c...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 7, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
First-Line Immunotherapy Alone Sufficient for Older NSCLC Patients, Study Suggests
(MedPage Today) -- Adding an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) to chemotherapy for older patients with previously untreated advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) provided no survival advantage compared with ICI therapy alone, according to... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - March 7, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
S3 Episode 2: Improving Communication to Improve Lung Cancer Care S3 Episode 2: Improving Communication to Improve Lung Cancer Care
Drs Jacob Sands and Donald L. Rosenstein discuss the psychology of lung cancer and how to effectively communicate with patients about diagnosis, treatment, and expectations.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology InDiscussion Source Type: news
S3 Episode 1: Improving Targeted Therapy Options for Lung Cancer Patients S3 Episode 1: Improving Targeted Therapy Options for Lung Cancer Patients
Drs Jacob Sands and Julia Rotow discuss the latest breakthroughs in lung cancer treatment, including targeted therapy options, toxicities, and diagnostic technology.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology InDiscussion Source Type: news
Patient feedback key to making MRI exams comfortable
Patient feedback about their experiences with MRI exams is an invaluable resource for making the procedure more comfortable, according to a presentation delivered at the recent ECR meeting in Vienna.
Many patients express anxiety around MR imaging, said presenter and doctoral candidate Isabel Nieto Alvarez of Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nurember in Germany told session attendees. In fact, when it comes to MRI exams, 25% to 30% of patients report "moderate to advanced fear," 1.5% to 6.5% ask for an early stop to the examination, and 36% are dissatisfied with the communication between them and imaging staff,...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Practice Management MRI Source Type: news
ECR: Patient feedback key to making MRI exams comfortable
Patient feedback about their experiences with MRI exams is an invaluable resource for making the procedure more comfortable, according to a presentation delivered at the recent ECR meeting in Vienna.
Many patients express anxiety around MR imaging, said presenter and doctoral candidate Isabel Nieto Alvarez of Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nurember in Germany told session attendees. In fact, when it comes to MRI exams, 25% to 30% of patients report "moderate to advanced fear," 1.5% to 6.5% ask for an early stop to the examination, and 36% are dissatisfied with the communication between them and imaging staff,...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Practice Management MRI Source Type: news
BAMF Health to partner with Corewell Health
BAMF Health and Corewell Health Haworth Innovative Therapeutics Clinic plan to collaborate on a clinical trial to test targeted radiation therapy for cancer patients.
The phase I trial is sponsored by Y-mAbs Therapeutics and will include both adolescent and adult patients with recurrent or resistant small-cell lung cancer, sarcoma, and malignant melanoma. Trial participants will receive tumor-targeting treatment with an antibody that binds to a protein called GD-2 on the surface of the cancer cells, then a radioisotope infusion that binds to the antibody and delivers the radiation to cancer cells, BAMF Health said. (Sourc...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 4, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
School District Fined Over Staff Working Amid Asbestos
An Iowa school district is facing thousands of dollars in fines for having employees work inside an asbestos-contaminated building. Newly released state records show the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the North Linn Community School District $70,000. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources also fined the district an additional $6,000.
The records show the incident happened during renovations at a middle and high school complex in August 2022 near Coggon Iowa, about 30 miles north of Cedar Rapids. A worker found asbestos under the floor tile when preparing to install new carpeting. Instead of h...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - March 4, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Travis Rodgers Tags: Asbestos (general) Asbestos Exposure Companies Mesothelioma Source Type: news
FDA OKs Amivantamab as First-Line Lung Cancer Treatment
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved amivantamab (Rybrevant) plus combination chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients whose tumors harbor EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations, as determined by an approved... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 4, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Fine Particulate Matter Affects EGFR-Mutated Lung Cancers Fine Particulate Matter Affects EGFR-Mutated Lung Cancers
Data suggest that patients with lung cancer who live in polluted areas have an additional 50% risk of carrying an oncogenic EGFR mutation.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
ECR: AI algorithm quantifies fatty tissue on chest CT for lung cancer prognosis
VIENNA - A deep-learning algorithm used with chest CT can help clinicians quantify patients' subcutaneous fat tissue levels on lung cancer screening -- and thus better predict disease outcomes, according to a presentation delivered on 29 February at ECR 2024.
The findings could help clinicians tailor patient care, said presenter Dr. Fabian Pallasch of University Medical Center Freiburg in Germany.
"[We found that] subcutaneous adipose tissue density at baseline and a decrease in subcutaneous adipose tissue volume and density within one year [were] associated with mortality beyond clinical risk factors, which may help to ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News CT Source Type: news
