Breast, Colorectal Cancer Screening Higher Than Lung Cancer Screening
Among individuals eligible for lung cancer screening, use of BCS and CCS is much higher than use of LCS
Prostate Cancer Screening Program Beneficial in Top Decile of Polygenic Risk Score
Targeted screening to participants in ≥90th percentile of polygenic risk score results in detection of cancer warranting clinical management in 55.1 percent
Excess Greenhouse Gas Emissions Linked to Inappropriate Imaging
Total inappropriate Medicare imaging exams estimated to have produced 3.55 to 129.2 kT carbon dioxide equivalents per year
Incidence of RT-Induced Otitis Media With Effusion Examined in Head and Neck Cancer
Incidence of RTOME is 5.83 percent in patients with head and neck cancer, with significant variation seen by cancer type
Study Quantifies Breast Shrinkage After T1 Tumor Lumpectomy
Expected breast shrinkage about 20 percent within one year after breast-conserving therapy/radiation therapy
More Than 3.8 Million U.S. Lung Cancer Deaths Averted During 1970 to 2022
Number of averted lung cancer deaths accounted for 51.4 percent of the estimated declines in overall cancer deaths
Similar Efficacy Seen for Isodose, Dose-Escalated MHFRT, CFRT in Prostate Cancer
Physician-scored and patient-reported bowel toxicity higher with dose-escalated moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy
Lung Cancer Screening Rates Increased After 2021 Update to USPSTF Guidelines
Lower odds of screening seen in association with lack of health insurance, being rural resident, not having a clinician
Many Women Undergo Annual Mammography, Despite Biennial Screening Recommendations
75.2 percent of those reporting mammography screening in past two years reported screening in the past year
Use of Parallel Transmit 7T MRI Changes Management for Epilepsy Surgery
Lesions were better visualized on pTx than circularly polarized MRI in 57 percent of cases and were never better visualized on circularly polarized MRI