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Radiation oncology groups unite to reform Medicare payments

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physician groups representing radiation oncology have partnered to try to reform Medicare payments and expand patient access to high-quality care. In other news, ASTRO said that chief executive officer Laura Thevenot plans to retire at the end of 2024 after leading the organization since 2002.

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Tributes pour in for CT pioneer Willi Kalender

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He is the father of contemporary CT imaging -- and thus of clinical radiology as we know it today," Christiane Kuhl, MD, PhD, told AuntMinnie.com on November 4. Willi was the one to invent helical CT, the type of CT which is used today for all whole-body applications of clinical radiology," she said. Willi Kalender, PhD.

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What's brewing in RT and RA legislation, policy, and standards?

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A range of federal and state legislation and other developments in the works could have a significant impact on radiologic technologists and registered radiology assistants, either supporting and strengthening these professions or weakening them. Creating pressure, the U.S.

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ARRS Roentgen Fund Names Francis Baffour, Hyun Soo Ko Radiology Journalism Fellows

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Figley Fellow in Radiology Journalism. Rogers International Fellow in Radiology Journalism. Overall, “the yellow journal” garnered 35,480 citations in 2022, ranking AJR fourth among all radiology journals. Pickhardt | 2002 FIGLEY FELLOW Challenging Abdominal Cases Andrew B. Rosenkrantz —Drs. Dr. Baffour earned his M.D.

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AI helps predict all-cause mortality from incidental chest CT findings

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A group led by Anna Marcinkiewicz, MD, PhD, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles found that the model predicted 10-year all-cause mortality with an area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) of 0.72 (p Radiology. "By Follow-up of these patients continued through December 2015. The complete study can be found here.

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USPSTF finalizes breast cancer screening recommendations

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The decision marks a return of sorts to the task force's 2002 breast cancer screening recommendations, in which the UPSTF recommended that women receive annual or biennial screening beginning at 40. They also recommend that women -- and especially Black and Ashkenazi Jewish women -- receive a breast cancer risk workup by the age of 25.

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Editorial criticizes breast screening guidelines, ACR responds

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Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) breast cancer screening guidelines has drawn the ire of the American College of Radiology (ACR). Such harms may include unnecessary biopsy, additional radiation exposure with more imaging, and patient anxiety. An editorial criticizing the U.S.

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