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For patients with prostate cancer

Increasing Radiation Dose Ups Freedom From Biochemical Fail

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But no improvement in overall survival, distant metastases, CA-specific mortality in prostate cancer

March 2016 Briefing – Radiology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Radiology for March 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
Local-regional failure in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer is mostly seen in patients with gross disease at the time of intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Dose Escalation in IMRT Slows Progression of Thyroid Cancer

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Local-regional failure in WDTC mostly occurs outside of 70 Gy volume and in peri-esophageal region
The question of whether national guidelines need to be developed for assessing the competence of aging physicians was discussed during a recent meeting of key stakeholders

Are Guidelines Needed to Assess Competence of Aging Physicians?

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Reps from physician, hospital, patient safety organizations explore need for national guidelines
Participants with a negative low-dose computed tomography prevalence screen (T0) have lower incidence of lung cancer and lung cancer-specific mortality than all participants with a T0 screen

Low Lung Cancer Incidence With Negative CT Prevalence Screen

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Incidence of lung CA, lung CA-related mortality lower than for all participants with prevalence screen
Women doctors can address the gender wage disparity by understanding the reasons why they earn less

How Can We Fix the Wage Gap Among Female Physicians?

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Women need to become better negotiators and lobby for transparency to reduce gender wage disparity
Mammography may also be effective for identifying cardiovascular disease in women

ACC: Mammograms May Also Help Identify Cardiovascular Disease

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The breast screening test compared well to heart CT scans, researchers say
Double reporting

Double Reporting Valid for Reducing Error in Diagnosis

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Double reporting in radiological investigations generally increases sensitivity, reduces specificity
In apparent uterine-confined endometrial cancer

Marker IDs More Lymph Node Mets in Endometrial Cancer

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Addition of ICG and near-infrared imaging ups detection of SLN, LN metastases
Image-guided surveillance seems beneficial for patients with squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck who have advanced nodal disease

Image-Guided Surveillance Beneficial for Head, Neck Cancer

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Similar survival for PET-CT-guided surveillance and planned neck dissection, but fewer operations