Latest - Radiology

• RAI-Related Clonal Hematopoiesis in Thyroid Cancer This study explores the prevalence of clonal hematopoiesis related to radioactive iodine exposure and how it impacts overall survival in patients with thyroid cancer.
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, December 2018
• After a Child's Dire Diagnosis, Hope and Uncertainty at the Frontiers of Medicine "I wish I didn't have this hand anymore," my 4-year-old son said as he woke one winter morning.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2018
• SABCS 2018Major Trial: Partial Breast Radiation Good for Early Breast Cancer Partial breast irradiation was almost equivalant to whole-breast irradiation for disease control and can be considered a valid treatment option for women with early-stage breast cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• What Do You Think About Retirement?   Is it healthier to retire or keep working? The answer may surprise you.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 2018
• Radiation Oncologist Charged with Gross Negligence, Incompetence The former CEO of the now-defunct private care center CCS Oncology is charged with gross negligence that allegedly resulted in six patient deaths.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• SABCS 2018Go Low With Tamoxifen for DCIS In a potentially practice-changing result, use of a 5-mg daily dose of tamoxifen for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) prevented new and recurrent breast cancer events in comparison with placebo.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• Hypertonic-Saline Inhalation Boosts Lung Function in Infants With Cystic Fibrosis Inhalation of hypertonic saline improves lung function and growth in infants with cystic fibrosis (CF), according to the results of the PRESIS randomized controlled trial.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2018
• Whole-Brain Radiation May Lead to Dry Mouth Parotid gland exposure during whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) may unnecessarily cause significant xerostomia, according to a small prospective observational study.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2018
• Medtronic in $31 Million Settlement With DOJ Over Medical Devices Two companies that were acquired by Medtronic have agreed to pay a total of $31 million to resolve a US Department of Justice (DOJ) charges involving marketing violations and kickback schemes.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• First Live Birth After Uterus Transplant From Deceased Donor With a severe shortage of live uterus donors, the potential ability to use uteri from deceased donors is seen as a 'breakthrough' development.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• AHA 2018Low Coronary Flow Reserve During Stress MRI Predicts MACE In patients undergoing a cardiac MRI stress test with coronary flow reserve measured at the same time, those with coronary flow reserve below the median had worse outcomes, in a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• The Year in Medicine 2018: News That Made a Difference Read the news that got the most attention this year in medicine, including the severe flu season, record high STD incidence, gun violence, and more.
  Medscape News Slideshows, December 2018
• SABCS 2018New Standard When HER2+ Breast Cancer Isn't Cleared 'Practice-changing' results support adjuvant trastuzumab emtansine in patients with HER2+ early stage breast cancer who have residual disease following surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• Reduced-Dose Paclitaxel Balloon Ups Femoral 2-Year Patency ILLUMENATE EU RCT suggests that great patency rates using a balloon coated with paclitaxel at below-standard concentrations are durable, but comparing drug-coated balloons remains a challenge.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• Malpractice Case: How Careful Physicians Can Miss Vital Information Communicating critical test results is often done at multiple levels. But sometimes one or more channels will break down, and expected redundancies will evaporate.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, December 2018
• EEG May Identify Consciousness in Severely Brain-Injured Patients EEG may help clinicians identify levels of consciousness. Research shows that for some behaviorally unresponsive patients, brain activity was no different from that of healthy control persons.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Misdiagnosed As Migraine A misdiagnosis of cerebral venous thrombosis resulted in a catastrophic outcome for this patient. What were the potentially avoidable pitfalls in this case?
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, December 2018
• Clinical Characteristics of Recurrent Lumbar Disk Herniation Learn more about the clinical features and risk factors associated with the recurrence of lumbar disc herniation after surgical treatment.
  Spine, December 2018
• Beyond BMD: Measures of Bone Microstructure Predict Fracture Risk Cortical, trabecular bone measures at the distal radius and tibia, as measured by high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT, can help predict fracture risk when BMD alone shows no osteoporosis.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• TCT 2018SORT OUT IX Investigators Reverse Conclusion on Primary End Point A statistical error makes incorrect investigators' previous conclusion that two stents were noninferior, underlining perhaps a risk that comes with the rush to present late-breaking trial results.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018