The use of CT colonography is useful—and safe—for a preoperative exam of the proximal colon in patients who have been treated with metallic stents due to colon obstruction caused by colorectal cancer, according to a study published in the March issue of Radiology.
A new technique called personalized analysis of rearranged ends provides an accurate and specific way to monitor tumors by identifying personalized biomarkers from tumor DNA, according to a study published in the Feb. 24 issue of Science Translational Medicine.
In an editorial in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, two radiologists from the University of Arizona School of Medicine have called the decision of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services not to reimburse CT colonography (CTC) “misguided and shortsighted.”
CT colonography, or virtual colonoscopy, is a safe and effective screening modality for the older patient population in the screening of colorectal cancer, according to the findings of a retrospective analysis published in the February Issue of Radiology.
IsoRay Medical has supplied the first set of Cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds for the purpose of furthering research and development in cancer therapy.
Researchers at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., have started a three-year clinical trial in partnership with investigators at Inova health system and Fairfax Northern Virginia Hematology Oncology research program to treat late-stage colorectal cancer patients based on the protein makeup of their tumors.
Linear polyp measurement in the 3D endoluminal view appears to be the most reliable parameter for use in the decision to excise a polyp by the linear metric approach and manual volume is the most reliable measurement parameter for observing polyp growth over time, according to a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Beginning Dec. 1, all health insurance policies in the state of Delaware must include CT colonography as an approved procedure for colorectal cancer screening.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a total of $22 million to 26 states and tribal organizations to provide colorectal cancer screening services for underinsured or uninsured people aged 50-64 years. However, CT colonography (CTC) services will not receive any funding.
A study published in the August issue of European Radiology presented evidence that patients prefer to undergo a CT colonography with limited bowel preparation rather than a full-preparation colonoscopy
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CTC safe & effective for elderlyCT colonography (CTC), or virtual colonoscopy, is a safe and effective screening modality for the older patient population in the screening of colorectal cancer, according to a retrospective analysis published in the February issue of Radiology.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) convened a panel Thursday to identify ways to increase the use and quality of colorectal cancer screening in the U.S.
Unlike other colorectal cancer screening tests that are currently recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CT colonography (CTC) screening appears to be held to a higher standard, according to a perspective published in the Feb. 3 edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Among Medicare patients who underwent surgery for colorectal cancer resection during the first 18 months of approved Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) coverage for FDG-PET imaging, there was a substantial growth in utilization of FDG-PET within two years of surgery and the highest rates of utilization occurred within six months of surgery, according to a study in the February issue of Radiology.
The first Cesium-131 (Cs-131) implant for the treatment of colorectal cancer was performed by doctors at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City on Oct. 10, 2009, and the patient had no evidence of cancer recurrence or any side effects that can be attributed to the Cs-131 seed implant at the last follow-up visit, according to IsoRay.
Although an investigation of 124 Veteran Affairs' (VA) hospitals revealed that the quality of care had significantly improved over the past decade, discrepancies of care still exist within certain segments, including minorities, gender and those with mental disorders, according to the 2009 Department of VA hospital quality report.
Incidence and death rates for all cancers combined continue to steadily decline, according to data released Wednesday in Cancer in the “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2006.” On average, new diagnoses for all types of cancer combined decreased almost one percent per year from 1999 to 2006. From 2001 to 2006, cancer deaths decreased 1.6 percent.
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has released new screening guidelines for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers based on redefined risk-based categories for the public to follow.
An opinion piece in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology lambasted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for its decision denying coverage of CT colonography (CTC) for colorectal cancer screening.
A report by California’s Integrated Healthcare Association found that a Pay-for-Performance (P4P) program has shown improvement in the areas of clinical quality and patient experience, as well as IT infrastructure and processes during 2008.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.