MRI-Guided RT Reduced Acute Toxic Effects in Men With Localized Prostate Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) guided by MRI for localized prostate cancer resulted in fewer toxicities and an improvement in quality of life compared with CT guidance, according to the randomized phase III MIRAGE trial... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - January 18, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Higher Brain Cancer Risk After CT Exam in Childhood
(MedPage Today) -- There has been an escalating risk of brain cancer associated with increasing radiation dose to the brain from CT examinations, a cohort study of more than 650,000 children and young adults indicated.
Researchers observed a significant... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - December 9, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
MRI-Targeted Biopsy for Prostate Cancer Reduces Risk of Overdiagnosis
(MedPage Today) -- Excluding systematic biopsy in favor of MRI-targeted biopsy in men with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels reduced the probability of detecting clinically insignificant cancers, but at the risk of missing some clinically... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - December 7, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Still Using Medical Jargon? Prepare to Be Misunderstood
(MedPage Today) -- Common medical phrases often confused individuals in ways that could affect health outcomes, a cross-sectional study found.
Among 215 adults surveyed outside the medical setting, most knew "negative" cancer screening results... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - December 1, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Ultra-High-Res MRI Highlights Migraine Brain Changes
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Powerful MRI scanners have detected white matter spots in the brain that appear to be associated with migraines, a researcher reported here.
On ultra-high-field 7T MRI, the number of enlarged perivascular spaces... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - December 1, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Brain MRI Finds Areas of Interest in Kids With ADHD
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Children diagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear to have brain abnormalities that can be observed with MRI, findings that may allow for a more objective diagnosis of the disorder, a... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 30, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Metastasis-Directed Therapy May Delay ADT in Advanced Prostate Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) in selected patients with recurrent oligometastatic prostate cancer led to PSA responses in a majority of patients and delayed initiation of hormonal therapy by 18 months, a retrospective study... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 29, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Obesity Linked to Brain Abnormalities in Kids
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Children with overweight or obesity appeared to have abnormalities in the brain that could affect executive functioning, an analysis of data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study showed.
Greater... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 29, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Lung Cancer Survival High for Patients With Early, Screen-Detected Tumors
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- The diagnosis of early-stage lung cancer with low-dose CT (LDCT) screening led to high rates of lung cancer-specific survival two decades later, according to I-ELCAP data.
The 20-year lung cancer-specific survival... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 28, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
MRI Highlights Brain Blips Long After COVID Symptoms Have Subsided
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- A specialized type of MRI showed lingering brain abnormalities in patients up to 6 months after they recovered from COVID-19.
Data from susceptibility-weighted MRI in 46 COVID-recovered patients and 30 healthy controls... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 28, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Lung Cancer Screening Rates Lag Among Those Eligible
(MedPage Today) -- Low uptake of lung cancer screening (LCS) among patients who are eligible according to the 2013 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations suggests the need for more optimized screening strategies, a cross-sectional... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 23, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
RT After Breast-Conserving Surgery Shows No Survival Advantage Decades Later
(MedPage Today) -- Radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery for early breast cancer substantially reduced the risk of disease recurrence, yet the benefit did not translate to an improvement in overall survival (OS) at 30 years, a long-term... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 18, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Treatment De-Escalation Shows Promise in Testicular Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- A reduced dose of chemotherapy and involved node radiotherapy (INRT) may be viable for patients with stage IIA or IIB seminoma of the testis, results from a phase II study suggested.
In a group of 116 patients, a single-dose... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - November 3, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Rapid Radiotherapy Technique Shows Promise in First Human Trial
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- A radiation treatment that delivers therapeutic doses in a fraction of a second appeared to be a promising option in mitigating the side effects associated with conventional radiation therapy, according to results... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - October 24, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Boost in Prostate Cancer Improves QOL
(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Men with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer treated with external-beam pelvic radiotherapy (EBRT) had better quality of life (QOL) outcomes when the combined prostate brachytherapy boost had a high dose... (Source: MedPage Today Radiology)
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - October 24, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
