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Beware barriers to the assessment of cancer patient financial hardship

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Because factors such as financial distress have been linked to higher mortality rates among patients with cancer -- in part because people may not get the screening exams they need and thus present with more advanced disease, wrote a team led by Samilia Obeng-Gyasi, MD, of the Ohio State University in Columbus. Of the total study cohort, 10.6%

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Standardized reporting categorizes breast cancer detection methods

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A standardized detection reporting system can help radiologists accurately categorize how breast cancer is identified -- either through screening or symptomatic presentation -- when performing image-guided breast biopsies, researchers have found. These included the following: symptomatic presentations, imaging modalities, and other.

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ChatGPT identifies incidental CT findings

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Bhayana and colleagues highlighted that as these models become more implemented into electronic medical record (EMR) software, they could be used more flexibly than traditional natural language processing models. ChatGPT-4 achieved F1 scores of 1.00 for incidental adrenal nodules, 0.91 for pancreatic cystic lesions, and 0.99

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Biomarker model predicts breast cancer risk without racial bias

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CHICAGO -- A new breast cancer risk assessment technique that uses mammography biomarkers shows no racial bias, according to research presented November 29 at the RSNA meeting. The investigators used patient demographic data taken from electronic medical records and identified instances of cancer from a regional tumor registry.

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ASRT Foundation names International Speakers Exchange awardees

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The ASRT Foundation funds radiologic technologists to participate in the ISEA program, which provides the opportunity for two outstanding ASRT members to travel to one international conference each year and present to an audience of their peers and other related health care professionals. Lorrie LeGrand.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 5 -- Advice from center administrators

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Spending time on electronic medical record (EMR) system order sets early will translate into higher reimbursement. A companion poster presented at SNMMI 2024 showed the impact of WU's theranostics tumor board specifically.

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The PACSman Pontificates: Dog tired after HIMSS 2024

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The vast majority of those attending HIMSS were IT folks who wanted to look at various clinical systems and better understand radiology systems being presented by their radiology counterparts. I would also love to have seen more discussion and examples of systems integration, especially with electronic medical records (EMR).

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