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Consideration needed in breast cancer screening for young women

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The retrospective study included data collected between 2007 and 2019 from 4,150 women in this age range who underwent 4,448 screening mammograms. Consideration is needed for breast cancer screening in women younger than 40 years, according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting.

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Interstitial lung abnormalities linked to respiratory disease risk

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To this end, they conducted a study that included 3,972 participants with a 10-pack-year or greater smoking history who underwent a baseline chest CT exam and a follow-up exam five years later between November 2007 and July 2017 (patient data was part of the COPDGene study).

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

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Louis School of Medicine and completed his residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Elliot Fishman, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine The second finalist is Elliot Fishman, MD, a category for which he took the trophy in 2001, 2007, 2014, and 2017. Deng is lauded internationally as an educator.

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E-cigarette users less likely to undergo lung cancer screening

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Electronic cigarettes entered the market in 2007, and, as of 2021, had become the second most used tobacco product among American adults, the group noted. Individuals who use e-cigarettes are less likely to undergo lung cancer screening (LCS), researchers have reported.

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Balancing Innovation and Reality: Evaluating AI’s Role in STEMI Diagnosis

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Population: Model Development Data Set: ECGs from patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention in Severance Hospital from the KOMATE registry were included for the model development data set. Its performance was then compared with ECG machine interpretations and clinical physicians’ diagnoses.

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Imaging has elevated role in caring for bomb blast victims

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Zahra Rahmatullah, a final-year medical student from Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, presented her team’s findings on imaging trends for abdominal and pelvic injuries for these patients, with CT and ultrasound being the modalities most used. “CT And between 2007 and 2011, the city experienced 46 explosions.

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Scotty Collins takes reins as Geisinger chair of radiology

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He has been with the organization since completing his diagnostic radiology residency at Geisinger Medical Center in 2007. Geisinger generates an estimated $10 billion in annual revenues across 126 care sites, including 10 hospital campuses. He is a board-certified radiologist who earned his medical degree from Marshall University.

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