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Cocaine users pose major diagnostic challenge
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Individuals who are known to use cocaine and who present with a suspected overdose should also be thoroughly investigated -- including with imaging -- to exclude other causes of their presentation such as infection, according to a group of authors from Malta.
September 10, 2019
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Fujifilm partners with CoppaFeel breast cancer charity
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Fujfilm Medical Systems has formed a partnership with charity CoppaFeel to help raise public awareness in the U.K. of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer.
September 10, 2019
Exact Imaging receives CE Mark for new needle guide
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Exact Imaging has received the CE Mark for use of its sterile transperineal needle guide with the company's EV29L transducer.
September 10, 2019
U.K. public still trusts NHS, despite mammo screening glitch
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.K. public still trusts the breast screening program run by the National Health Service (NHS), despite the recent debacle in which thousands of women were thought to have missed their final invitation to screening, according to a study published on 6 September in BMJ Open.
September 10, 2019
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Blood test can give boost to CT lung screening
By Abraham Kim
New evidence from the U.K. suggests a blood test and imaging-based lung screening exam offers a better lung cancer detection rate than standard clinical care. The findings were presented on 9 September at the World Conference on Lung Cancer in Barcelona, Spain.
September 10, 2019
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MS patients show signs of gadolinium retention on MRI
By Wayne Forrest
Seeing is believing for Italian researchers who used MRI to visually confirm evidence of gadolinium retention in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Their study included patients who had undergone several MRI scans with a gadolinium-based contrast agent. The findings were published 4 September in Insights into Imaging.
September 10, 2019
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Europeans remain uninformed on CT lung cancer screening
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Awareness of clinical trials for screening and treating cancer continues to be very low among Europeans with lung cancer, according to a 10 September presentation at the 2019 World Conference on Lung Cancer in Barcelona, Spain.
September 10, 2019
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What influences physicians' cancer screening advice?
By Kate Madden Yee
Norwegian researchers have found that an array of factors can influence physicians' behavior when it comes to recommending cancer screening to patients, according to a study published online on 30 August in BMJ Open.
September 9, 2019
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AuntMinnieEurope.com MRI Insider
By Philip Ward
September 8, 2019
ESR seeks to demystify biomarkers
By Philip Ward
The European Society of Radiology (ESR) has issued a detailed set of recommendations designed to promote the use of validated imaging biomarkers as clinical decision-making tools. Prof. Nandita deSouza explains the rationale behind this initiative.
September 8, 2019
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IASLC urges tobacco cessation for cancer patients
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) released a statement urging physicians to recommend tobacco cessation for patients after cancer diagnosis, at the ongoing World Conference on Lung Cancer in Barcelona, Spain.
September 7, 2019
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EANM publishes thyroid guideline
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) has announced the release of a guideline for scintigraphic evaluation of the thyroid. The guideline was published online on 7 August in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
September 5, 2019
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