In light of conflicting and inconclusive clinical data on the benefit of radiation therapy (RT) in cancer patients with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation, a clinical review examined the current status of data regarding BRCA1 and BRCA2 deficiency and radiation therapy sensitivity.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of an alternative digital mammography quality assurance (QA) program that mammography facilities may use instead of the program recommended by the image receptor manufacturer.

March 7, 2016 — Findings from the first multicenter clinical trial to relate disease recurrence patterns to the type of adjuvant therapy indicate that patients should receive a full course of chemotherapy rather than chemoradiotherapy following surgical treatment for pancreatic cancer.

Nautilus Medical Inc. has announced worldwide availability of MatrixRay, its next-generation radiology image management platform. The release of MatrixRay to the entire medical healthcare market was announced from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference, Feb. 29-March 4 in Las Vegas.

M*Modal announced that its clinical intelligence platform has been broadly embraced by physicians in over 150 sites since the launch of the application in 2015. The solution includes Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD), augmenting its M*Modal Fluency Direct to deliver automated, real-time and interactive insights to clinicians as they document in the electronic health record (EHR) for continuous improvement in how doctors care for their patients.

Adults aged 55-74 years who are at high risk of lung cancer should be screened annually up to three times using low-dose computed tomography (CT), according to a new guideline from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC).

March 7, 2016 — Elekta announced that its Leksell Gamma Knife Icon stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) system was used for the first time in the United States to treat a metastatic brain tumor. The procedure was conducted on March 1 at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento Gamma Knife Center in Sacramento, Calif.

ITN was saddened to hear of the loss of industry colleague Jim Knaub, editor of Great Valley Publishing’s Radiology Today. Knaub passed away on Thursday, March 3, at his home in Phoenixville, Pa. He was 55 years old.

Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center report in a new study that they successfully performed computed tomography (CT) scans for joint fractures with one-fourteenth the amount of normal CT radiation. This was accomplished without compromising image quality or a surgeon's ability to effectively diagnose an injury.

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