To recognize the advances in the field of nuclear and molecular imaging, as well as the professionals who carry out these procedures, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the SNMMI Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS) celebrated Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week, October 6-12, 2013. The theme of this year’s Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week was “Molecular Imaging: The Future…Delivered.”

People over 60 years old are more likely to have precancerous or cancerous polyps develop in a part of the colon that goes unseen by flexible sigmoidoscopy, a common screening test for colon and rectal cancer, a new study finds. Study results suggest the need for reviewing and possibly revising national colon cancer screening guidelines, study authors said at the 2013 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.

Breast cancer experts at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) developed guidelines to simplify recommendations from the American Cancer Society (ACS) on breast cancer prevention and screening.

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High levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) have been linked to increased breast cancer risks and enhanced cancer aggressiveness in animal experiments.

Medical evidence over the past decade has demonstrated that patients with terminal cancer who receive a single session of radiotherapy get just as much pain relief as those who receive multiple treatments. But despite its obvious advantages for patient comfort and convenience (and cost savings), this single-fraction treatment has yet to be adopted in routine practice, according to a study led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Olympus announced the launch of its U.S. Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.)-cleared and world's only forward-viewing curvilinear ultrasound gastrovideoscope.

The Rotary Club of Park Ridge is making available its library, used to build and equip medical radiology facilities in clinics and small hospitals located in developing nations, free of charge on its website. The information provided by the library is practical and pragmatic, based on experiences of designing, equipping and installing X-ray rooms in Africa, Central Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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