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Training in FDG-PET/CT advances lung cancer outcome
By Wayne Forrest
Additional training in FDG-PET/CT to monitor concurrent chemotherapy for patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer can significantly extend both overall and progression-free survival, according to an international study published in the October issue of European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
September 15, 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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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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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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Biennial CT lung screening matches annual follow-up exams
By Abraham Kim
A new analysis of the Multicentric Italian Lung Detection trial has shown that biennial CT lung cancer screening was just as effective as annual screening in reducing the risk of lung cancer and all-cause mortality. The study was published in the September issue of the European Journal of Cancer.
August 5, 2019
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How appropriate are requests for CT scans of aorta?
By Philip Ward
Emergency physicians must do more to assess the risk of acute aortic syndrome, while hospital doctors and general practitioners need to supply more precise and complete clinical information when requesting CT scans of the aorta, according to the findings of a new U.K. study.
August 5, 2019
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RSIP Vision unveils new AI module for lung biopsy
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Computer software and artificial intelligence (AI) company RSIP Vision has released a new AI module that can pinpoint lesions and relevant anatomy during image-guided lung biopsy.
July 22, 2019
AI firm Mindshare Medical gets CE Mark
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Mindshare Medical has received Europe's CE Mark for its RevealAI-Lung software for use with CT scans.
July 16, 2019
Mindshare secures CE Mark for lung cancer AI
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Mindshare Medical has received the CE Mark for the sale of its RevealAI-Lung, AI-based software designed to detect lung cancer on CT scans.
July 14, 2019
Are you drowning from too many acronyms?
By Philip Ward
Overusing acronyms and abbreviations in imaging requests and reports can cause confusion, delay a diagnosis, and compromise patient safety, and it's essential to create an approved list of common acronyms, according to a new audit conducted in Scotland.
June 25, 2019
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Germany releases new data on CT lung screening
By Abraham Kim
Fresh statistics from the German Lung Cancer Screening Intervention trial have shown that CT lung cancer screening reduced cancer mortality by 69% in high-risk female smokers, but the test offered less of a benefit to men. The results were published online on 4 June in the International Journal of Cancer.
June 17, 2019
2018 05 01 17 36 7840 Lungs Smoke 400
SynApps software to be used more widely for CT lung checks
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Enterprise content management specialist SynApps' Veolity medical image processing software will be used across eight National Health Service (NHS) England facilities in the NHS' effort to use mobile CT scanners to check the lung health of 600,000 people over the next four years.
June 11, 2019
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