A study of adherence to annual low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening within the Veteran Health Administration Lung Cancer Screening Demonstration Project (LCDSDP) revealed only 77.6 percent of those eligible for annual repeat scans returned. The study, from the Thoracic Oncology Research Group (TROG), Division of Pulmonary Critical Care, Medical University of South Carolina, will be presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2018, Oct. 6-10 in San Antonio.

Breast cancer recurrence rates for patients treated with the Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy (eBx) System that complied with adjuvant medical therapy were comparable to those seen in the TARGIT-A study that used different technology. Outcomes of the long-term study, with a mean follow-up of 55 months, were published in the The American Journal of Surgery.1 To date, this study presents the most long-term research of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) using the Xoft System published in a peer-reviewed journal.

October 2, 2018 — Results from a new study show that dense breast reporting laws in the United States significantly increase breast density awareness, as well as prompt conversations between women and their healthcare providers about supplemental screening.

October 2 2018 — GE Healthcare announced an equity investment in SonoSim, which specializes in ultrasound education and training. The expanded partnership will offer enhanced education services to new and existing ultrasound users around the world and across medical disciplines from women’s health and cardiology to point of care and primary care.

October 1, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the compatibility of Insightec’s Exablate Neuro focused ultrasound technology with Siemens Healthineers’ Magnetom Skyra, Prisma and Prisma[fit] magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to treat essential tremor (ET).

M*Modal announced that several large U.S. health systems have adopted its cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform to support next-generation electronic health record (EHR) workflows and reduce the administrative burden on doctors. These solutions work independently or are deeply embedded in the EHR by leveraging M*Modal technology to improve the quality of patient care and the clinical note.

Susan G. Komen founder Nancy G. Brinker and Australian author and Pink Hope founder Krystal Barter will join Hologic in ringing the Nasdaq Opening Bell on October 1 to mark the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The ceremony will be led by Steve MacMillan, Hologic’s chairman, president and CEO. 2018 marks the 13th consecutive year that Hologic has rung the Nasdaq Opening Bell on October 1.

September 28, 2018 — Brainlab announced a strategic development partnership with Florida-based Magic Leap, a developer of proprietary spatial computing solutions, to market a version of Magic Leap’s technology platform to help surgeons and other clinicians visualize and access medical imaging data.

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