When to initiate screening for breast cancer, how often to screen, and how long to screen are questions that continue to spark emotional debates. A new study compares the number of deaths that might be prevented as a result of three of the most widely discussed recommendations for screening mammography. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings may provide valuable guidance to women and their physicians about choosing a screening regimen.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently launched a revised web tool that puts important information on cybersecurity breaches into the hands of individuals. The tool is designed to empower them to better identify recent breaches of health information and to learn how all breaches of health information are investigated and successfully resolved.

Accuray Inc. and the Summit Cancer Center-Boise announced that the center is now treating patients with the Radixact Treatment Delivery System, the next-generation TomoTherapy platform. The Radixact System replaced a competitive conventional linear accelerator in the single-vault freestanding facility.

August 17, 2017 — The proton center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital will utilize RayStation for planning on ...

In the featured translational article in the August issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers at the University of Michigan demonstrate the potential of a new positron emission tomography (PET) tracer, Carbon-11 labeled sarcosine (11C-sarcosine), for imaging prostate cancer. The article also sets the stage for its possible use in monitoring other cancers.

The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) has provided new guidance in the use of contrast agents during MRI scans. Emerging research suggests gadolinium-based contrast agents, injected in a patient's veins to brighten tissues in MRI images, accumulate in the brain. More than 300 million doses of such drugs have been administered since their introduction in 1987.