November 19, 2007 - At RSNA 2007, Cleveland Clinic and Riverain Medical will announce the details of a newly established ongoing program to determine whether chest X-ray CAD (computer-aided detection) can improve practical early detection of lung cancer by identifying hard to detect lung cancers at an early stage when they are most treatable leading to improved patient survival rates.

November 19, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced SOMATOM Definition AS, an adaptive scanner created for strokes, cardiac conditions and cancer, designed to expand CT's role from just imaging to managing patient outcome.

November 16, 2007 - Pancreatic cancer, the fourth-leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. doesn't normally show signs or symptoms until it is advanced, and an estimated 37,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer will be diagnosed in 2007.

Symptoms include jaundice, unexplained weight loss, and pain in the upper or middle abdomen and back, often these signs are confused with many other illnesses.

November 16, 2007 - Anesthesia information management system (AIMS) and medication management system provider DocuSys said this week solutions in the latest version of its software (Version 6.0) facilitate a healthcare provider’s ability to comply with national quality measures such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and pay-for-performance (P4P) programs.