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Cannabis may influence bowel motility

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Physicians, health care providers, and medical staff caring for patients who use cannabis should be familiar with the effects of the drug on gut motility and thus nuclear medicine imaging, a recent report advises. The Effects of Cannabis on Bowel Motility and Beyond.” The full article is available here.

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New guidance issued on PET/CT imaging in breast cancer

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The world’s top nuclear medicine societies have issued international guidelines on the role of PET/CT in patients with invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer, with the document released May 14 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

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HPI: Nonradiologists interpret more than a third of office-based imaging

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million office-based imaging claims for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022 that were ordered by nonradiologists. They found that rates of self-interpretation varied by imaging modality: Self-interpretation rate for office-based imaging by modality Modality Percentage X-ray and fluoroscopy 50.4%

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FES-PET improves management of breast cancer patients

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PET/CT imaging with F-18 fluroestradiol (FES) can play a significant role helping clinicians make treatment decisions in patients with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer, according to a study published October 3 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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SNMMI: FAPI PET/CT predicts progressive pulmonary fibrosis better than FDG

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An emerging PET/CT radiotracer may be more predictive of progressive pulmonary fibrosis in interstitial lung patients than F-18 FDG PET/CT, according to research presented June 8 at the 2024 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting (SNMMI).

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FAPI-PET shows promise for detecting pancreatic cancer

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FAPI-PET imaging may become a powerful diagnostic tool for detecting pancreatic cancer, according to a study published November 16 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The primary endpoint was met, according to the findings.

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Few ‘surprise’ patient bills are from radiologists, study finds

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In an analysis of billing trends, the rate of out-of-network (OON) imaging claims declined from 12.6% in 2021, with the decline occurring broadly across imaging modalities, noted lead author Jay Parikh, MD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. million imaging claims for 19.5 in 2007 to 1.1%