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Radiation Oncology Physician Groups Unite to Ensure Patient Access to Cancer Care

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milla1cf Tue, 01/30/2024 - 19:43 January 30, 2024 — The largest professional societies representing radiation oncology physicians in the United States announced a partnership with the goal of reforming radiation oncology Medicare payments to expand and enhance access to high quality care for people with cancer. ASTRO Chair Jeff M.

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Surgeons Weigh In: Top Indications for WBCT

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Dr. Scott Ellis, MD Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY Dr. Francois Lintz, MD, MSc, CSCT Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Clinique d L’UNION Toulouse, France Cone Beam weightbearing CT is technologically a revolving radiographic setup: it’s effectively a 3D radiograph.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

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The L block lead shield over the syringe helps protect certified nuclear medicine technologist James Johnson (left), and nuclear radiologist Penny Vroman, MD (right), from radiation emitted by the drug. Since 2013 we've had several more radiopharmaceutical therapies get FDA approval.

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DBT surveillance screening after breast cancer treatment effective

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Researchers led by Dan Do from Massachusetts General Hospital reported that while the abnormal interpretation rate was higher during the year after diagnosis compared to subsequent years, it remained at less than 10% in all years of their six-year study. It included retrospective data from DBT exams performed between 2013 and 2019.

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ECR: Implementing imaging referral guidelines shows positive impact

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In an open forum, Yi Xiang Tay, of Singapore University Hospital's radiography and diagnostic imaging department, shared his team's research. After a critical appraisal of hundreds of citations published between 2013 and March 2023, the researchers gleaned 31 studies for their narrative review.

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AuntMinnie 2014: Health information exchange lowers repeat emergency imaging

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"Our findings support the widely held notion that HIE can reduce redundant medical services and thereby produce cost savings," wrote lead author Eric Lammers, PhD, and colleagues in the journal Medical Care (December 26, 2013). If all hospital-based EDs in California and Florida fully participated in HIE, more than $2.9

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

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The L block lead shield over the syringe helps protect certified nuclear medicine technologist James Johnson (left), and nuclear radiologist Penny Vroman, MD (right), from radiation emitted by the drug. Since 2013 we've had several more radiopharmaceutical therapies get FDA approval.