Head and Neck Radiology: Page 18

Aspirin may increase likelihood of cerebral microbleeds

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 14 - Use of platelet aggregation inhibitors, particularly aspirin, is related to the presence of cerebral microbleeds in lobar brain sites, a Dutch research team reports in the Archives of Neurology. To see if antithrombotic drug use is related to cerebral microbleeds, the investigators obtained MRI scans from 1,062 subjects.

April 13, 2009

Drug boost plus radiotherapy promising in glioblastoma

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 13 - Intensive treatment with a combination of lomustine, temozolomide, and radiotherapy can achieve long-term survival in patients newly diagnosed with glioblastoma, German and Swiss researchers report in the March 10 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

April 12, 2009

Brain scans may detect post-trauma stress sooner

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Apr 4 - Scientists using functional MRI scans on soldiers have identified brain patterns that signal post-traumatic stress, a finding they said on Friday could eventually help diagnose the disorder sooner.

April 2, 2009

CT for brain metastasis unnecessary after PET/CT

By Eric Barnes

A CT scan is often ordered to find brain metastases in lung cancer patients. But if a whole-body PET/CT scan is already available from the original workup, there's no need for a dedicated CT scan, according to researchers from Belgium, who found that the CT portion of the PET/CT scan is enough for the initial diagnosis.

April 1, 2009

High-dose brachytherapy shortens cancer treatment

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Perioperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy, when combined with intermediate-dose external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT), can be effective as an alternative to full-dose EBRT in patients with unirradiated squamous cell cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx.

March 29, 2009

Sequential and alternating chemoradiotherapy comparable for laryngeal cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 6 - The results of a randomized trial indicate that sequential and alternating chemotherapy with radiotherapy provide similar survival and larynx preservation in patients with advanced squamous cell cancer of the larynx.

February 5, 2009

Blood pressure not associated with many severe CT findings after acute stroke

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 22 - Higher blood pressure does not increase the incidence of hemorrhagic transformation and several other severe CT findings after acute stroke, according to researchers in Europe.

January 21, 2009

SPECT/CT outdoes planar imaging with lymph nodes

By Wayne Forrest

A newly released study in this month's issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine has found that SPECT/CT is better than planar imaging in accurately determining lymph node involvement at radioablation performed for thyroid cancer.

January 4, 2009

MRIs may damage cochlear implants

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 30 - Tests show that certain MRI machines may demagnetize magnets used in cochlear implants to couple external and implanted components, according to a report in the December issue of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery.

December 29, 2008

Screening for thyroid cancer worthwhile in some childhood cancer survivors

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 29 - While ultrasound screening for thyroid cancer in the general population is not cost-effective and may lead to unnecessary surgery, it is worthwhile in childhood cancer survivors who received radiotherapy involving the head, neck, or upper thorax, according to Italian researchers.

December 28, 2008

Desmoteplase fails to improve outcome after ischemic stroke

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 24 - After encouraging early trials of desmoteplase for stroke thrombolysis three to nine hours after symptom onset, the lack of benefit in the phase III trial came as a major disappointment.

December 23, 2008

Mobile teleconsulting can evaluate stroke patients

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mobile teleconsulting is a feasible way to evaluate remotely located patients who have just had a stroke, according to a report in the current issue of the journal Stroke. Although researchers found that hospital-based, land-line systems still provide better quality communication.

December 22, 2008

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