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Decision-making between patient and doctor is crucial before lung cancer screening

In a viewpoint perspective published in JAMA on March 9, 2021, a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher and two other experts endorsed the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) requirement for a patient and their doctor to engage in a shared discussion of benefits and harms before proceeding with a low-dose spiral computed tomography (LDCT) scan as a method for preventing lung cancer death.

10 Mar 2021

Future lung cancer screening strategies should address equity, implementation issues, say experts

Calling the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's newly released recommendation statement to expand eligibility for annual lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography a step forward, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers say future changes should address equity and implementation issues.

10 Mar 2021

Comprehensive review shows benefits and harms of screening for lung cancer

A comprehensive review by University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues of hundreds of publications, incorporating more than two dozen articles on prevention screening for lung cancer with low-dose spiral computed tomography (LDCT), shows there are both benefits and harms from screening.

9 Mar 2021

Domestic dogs unlikely to transmit SARS-CoV-2, say researchers

Researchers in Spain and Germany have conducted a study showing that domestic dogs are unlikely to contribute to the transmission and community spread of SARS-CoV-2 – the agent that causes COVID-19.

19 Feb 2021

How has 3D printing come to the aid of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic?

In the study, published in the journal Emergent Materials, the researchers identified the role of 3D printing in COVID-19. During the pandemic, over 100 various 3D printable PPE designs have been used.

18 Feb 2021

New 3D imaging technique helps detect breast cancer, COVID-19, other diseases

A research team led by UMass Lowell is pioneering a new 3D imaging technique to better detect breast cancer and other diseases, including COVID-19.

17 Feb 2021

FDA approves novel 3D-printed talus implant for humanitarian use

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Patient Specific Talus Spacer 3D-printed talus implant for humanitarian use.

17 Feb 2021

Accumulation of fatty tissue in the neck predicts adiposity, heart problems

Researchers from the University of Granada warn that an accumulation of fatty tissue in the neck (both the double chin and the deeper deposits, located between muscles and around the cervical vertebrae) is a predictor of central and overall adiposity, cardiometabolic risk, and a pro-inflammatory profile in sedentary young adults.

17 Feb 2021

SARS-CoV-2 evolves antibody resistance in immunocompromised patient

Researchers in the United States who tracked the evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in an immunocompromised patient found that convalescent plasma therapy was associated with the emergence of viral variants that were less susceptible to neutralizing antibodies.

11 Feb 2021

Metal-containing radiopharmaceuticals could improve access to diagnostic imaging of AD

A team of researchers from the Laboratory of Biophysics at NUST MISIS, Lomonosov Moscow State University and D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia has summarized metal-containing diagnostic agents for positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

9 Feb 2021

Study shows efficacy of radionuclide therapy–immunotherapy combination in prostate cancer model

A combination of radionuclide therapy and immunotherapy has proven successful in slowing the progression of prostate cancer and increasing survival time, according to new research published in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

8 Feb 2021

Imaging technique can differentiate Alzheimer's disease from dementia with Lewy bodies

Scientists in Portugal and the United Kingdom were able to confirm that an imaging technique that traces neuronal dopaminergic deficiency in the brain is able to differentiate, in vivo, Alzheimer's disease from lesser-known dementia with Lewy bodies.

5 Feb 2021

New study confirms the effectiveness of LDCT screening in a never-smoker high-risk population

A study presented today by researchers with the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan confirmed the effectiveness of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening in a pre-defined, never-smoker, high-risk population.

31 Jan 2021

Novel deep learning system can predict cardiovascular risk from CT scans

Coronary artery calcification -- the buildup of calcified plaque in the walls of the heart's arteries -- is an important predictor of adverse cardiovascular events like heart attacks.

29 Jan 2021

Study provides evidence to support the "volume loss" theory of facial aging

For many of us, as we get older the skin on our face begins to sag and we seem to lose volume around our eyes, cheeks and chin.

27 Jan 2021

Whole body imaging detects more myeloma-defining disease, allows treatment to be initiated earlier

Researchers from King's College London have shown that whole body magnetic resonance imaging (WBMRI) not only detects more myeloma-defining disease than positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) but that it also allows critical treatment to be initiated earlier.

21 Jan 2021

Leading pediatric hospital reveals top AI models in COVID-19 Grand Challenge

The top 10 results have been unveiled in the first-of-its-kind COVID-19 Lung CT Lesion Segmentation Grand Challenge, a groundbreaking research competition focused on developing artificial intelligence (AI) models to help in the visualization and measurement of COVID specific lesions in the lungs of infected patients, potentially facilitating to more timely and patient-specific medical interventions.

12 Jan 2021

Computed Tomography News and Research

Decision-making between patient and doctor is crucial before lung cancer screening

Future lung cancer screening strategies should address equity, implementation issues, say experts

Comprehensive review shows benefits and harms of screening for lung cancer

Domestic dogs unlikely to transmit SARS-CoV-2, say researchers

How has 3D printing come to the aid of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic?

New 3D imaging technique helps detect breast cancer, COVID-19, other diseases

FDA approves novel 3D-printed talus implant for humanitarian use

Accumulation of fatty tissue in the neck predicts adiposity, heart problems

SARS-CoV-2 evolves antibody resistance in immunocompromised patient

Metal-containing radiopharmaceuticals could improve access to diagnostic imaging of AD

Study shows efficacy of radionuclide therapy–immunotherapy combination in prostate cancer model

Imaging technique can differentiate Alzheimer's disease from dementia with Lewy bodies

New study confirms the effectiveness of LDCT screening in a never-smoker high-risk population

Novel deep learning system can predict cardiovascular risk from CT scans

Study provides evidence to support the "volume loss" theory of facial aging

Whole body imaging detects more myeloma-defining disease, allows treatment to be initiated earlier

Leading pediatric hospital reveals top AI models in COVID-19 Grand Challenge

Indirect effects of COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease patients and care

Researchers develop deep learning model to predict occult peritoneal metastasis in gastric cancer patients

Novel technique could replace clinical biopsies with 'virtual biopsies' in future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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