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Triple-negative breast cancers impact female populations differently

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Final analysis included SEER data collected between 2010 and 2019 from 1,123,658 women who received a diagnosis of invasive breast cancer. per year from 2010 to 2019. per year from 2010 to 2019); and Black women (1.4% per year from 2010 to 2016 and 4.3% The study included data from 22 U.S. among Hispanic females, 1.9%

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Tributes pour in for CT pioneer Willi Kalender

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He served as the section editor of European Radiology 's physics section until 2010. He was an honorary lecturer at ECR 2002 and was awarded ESR honorary membership in 2010. His innovations — like spiral CT and advanced dose reduction techniques — transformed imaging quality and safety.

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DEXA screening recommended in lung transplant patients

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The researchers retrospectively analyzed data from 259 patients aged 50 or older who had lung transplants between January 2010 and December 2023. Thus, in this study, the group aimed to determine the rate of BMD loss in transplant patients and the best screening interval.

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Thermal ablation effective long term in patients with thyroid cancer

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To address the knowledge gap, the group retrospective analyzed outcomes among 179 patients with T1N0M0 PTC who underwent treatment at four university hospitals in China from June 2010 to March 2014. The mean age of patients was 45.8 years old and 118 (65.9%) were women.

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Volume of interventional radiology procedures performed by nurse practitioners surges 143%

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Physician assistants also handled a growing share of treatments, with their tally increasing nearly 67% between 2010 and 2021.

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Imaging’s total share of US healthcare spending plummets as others record gains

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The percentage of patients who received imaging services also declined from 46% in 2010 down to 40% by 2021, experts wrote in Health Affairs Scholar.

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Steadily declining mammography screening rates have hit a historic low, new data show

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The proportion of women undergoing breast cancer imaging has dropped significantly from the historic peak seen between 2007 and 2010.

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