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Women Don't Want AI as Sole Reader of Breast Cancer Screenings
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115213.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Few women wanted artificial intelligence (AI) as the sole reader of their screening mammograms, according to a survey, though most respondents generally supported some use of the technology. Among more than 500 women who presented...


Is Lung Cancer Screening as Effective Without Risk-Based Selection?
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115209.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Low-dose CT (LDCT) screening for lung cancer in an all-comer Chinese population ages 40 to 74 identified at least as many cases as would be expected from screening high-risk individuals, a study found. One-time screening flagged...


SCOTUS to Mull Whether Insurers Must Offer Certain Preventive Services for Free
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115201.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case that could affect what kind of preventive care is covered at no charge under Americans' health insurance plans. The case, known as Kennedy v. Braidwood, involves Christian...


CT Scans in a Single Year Could Result in 100,000 Future Cancers in the U.S.
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115112.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- At current utilization and radiation dose levels, CT exams in 2023 were projected to lead to over 100,000 future cancers over the lifetime of exposed patients, according to an updated risk model. Among an estimated 62 million...


Ablative RT Shows Promise in Technically Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115075.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The use of ablative radiation therapy (A-RT) led to promising overall survival and effective local tumor control in patients with technically resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) who were high-risk candidates for...


Lung Cancer Screening Rates Nearly 4 Times Lower Than Breast, Colon Cancers
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114945.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Americans eligible for lung cancer screening are about four times less likely to undergo screening for the disease than for breast cancer or colorectal cancer (CRC), an analysis of CDC survey data found. Population-weighted...


Cybersecurity Threats Remain a Problem for Older Medical Devices, House Members Say
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114923.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Tuesday's house hearing on medical device cybersecurity included discussions on how hospitals and other providers can keep up with cyber threats as well as what the effect of Tuesday's massive layoffs at FDA and other HHS divisions...


Transperineal Biopsy Detects More Prostate Cancers Than TRUS
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114801.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Biopsy with local anesthetic ultrasound-guided transperineal (LATP) identified more clinically significant prostate cancers than transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), but the procedure came with tradeoffs, a multicenter randomized trial...


Microultrasonography for Prostate Cancer Detection Matches MRI/US-Fusion
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114783.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Microultrasonography-guided prostate biopsy proved noninferior to MRI/conventional ultrasound-fusion (MRI/US-fusion) imaging for detecting clinically significant cancer, a large randomized trial showed. Microultrasonography...


Clot-Busting Ultrasound Gives Carotid Endarterectomy a Step Up
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114732.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- There were clinical benefits to putting patients under a steady ultrasound beam during carotid endarterectomy, the phase III sham-controlled SONOBIRDIE trial found. Applied during the surgery for people averaging 80% internal...


AI Distinguishes Parkinson's Disease From Mimics
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114701.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- An artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm differentiated various forms of parkinsonian syndromes based on 3-T MRI. Across two cohorts, the Automated Imaging Differentiation for Parkinsonism (AIDP) machine learning model...


Some CT Scans Use Too Much Radiation, Researchers Say; Regulators Want to Know More
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114659.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, a professor at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine's most valuable tools, computerized...


Coronary Plaques Reined in With Coronary Calcium Scans in the Picture
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114512.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- For select risk-enhanced individuals at intermediate risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), researchers found a way to implement coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores and primary prevention statins together to slow the progression...


Study of Oligorecurrent Prostate Cancer Finds Winning Combination
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114510.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A short course of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) added to stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) halved the risk of disease progression or death in patients with metachronous oligometastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer...


Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Radiologists?
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114401.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) is making impressive strides in healthcare, and there is ever-growing interest in its potential to revolutionize the field. Radiology has become a focal point of this conversation, driving speculation...


PET Imaging Falls Flat for Initial Liver Cancer Staging
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114363.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- PET-CT imaging with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and [18F]fluorocholine (FCH) altered treatment plans in only a tiny minority of patients undergoing initial staging for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a prospective study from...


Lung Cancer Screening Population in Real World May Be at Greater Risk for Harm
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114316.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Lung cancer screening populations are older and sicker than those in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), a multicenter analysis showed, casting doubt on replicability in the real world. As compared with the NLST, which...


Metastasis-Directed Therapy for Prostate Cancer a Clear Winner in Meta-Analysis
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114244.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Progression-free survival (PFS) in oligometastatic prostate cancer improved significantly with metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) in addition to systemic treatment, a meta-analysis of recent studies showed...


Adding Radioligand to Enzalutamide Boosts OS in Metastatic CRPC
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114233.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- The addition of radionuclide therapy with 177Lu-PSMA-617 (Pluvicto) to enzalutamide (Xtandi) improved overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), according...


Alteplase Also Shows Its Mettle for Late Strokes in HOPE Trial
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114143.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- LOS ANGELES -- The HOPE trial made another case for extending the therapeutic window for IV thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke, potentially widening the pool of people eligible for therapy. Among patients with stroke clots...


Intra-Arterial Lytics Find Redemption as Adjuncts to Endovascular Stroke Therapy
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/114xxx/114141.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- LOS ANGELES -- For patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes, researchers found ways to make adjunctive intra-arterial (IA) thrombolytics work to improve outcomes after successful endovascular therapy (EVT), according...