Despite the many benefits of CT imaging—early diagnosis, enhanced diagnostic accuracy, improved outcomes, etc.—a small number of cancers resulting from patient exposure to radiation from CT scans can have a big financial impact on treatment costs, according to results of a study recently presented at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society.

The process driving metastasis of prostate cancer cells can be linked to a previously unkown function of one gene.

Combined PET/MRI outperforms multidetector CT and PET alone in evaluating colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRLMs), according to study results published online April 19 in the journal Radiology.

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a technique that uses tiny gas bubbles and ultrasound vibrations to deliver cancer drugs directly to cancer cells, effectively treating the tumor while sparing normal healthy cells.

One promising area of research into patient-specific cancer treatment strategies is the utilization of nanotechnology to treat and monitor the disease more effectively. But first, researchers need to be determine exactly how certain inorganic nanoparticles used in potential cancer treatments affect the body—both positively and negatively.

How do you take an assortment of individual medical professionals from various disciplines and turn them into a well-oiled lung cancer screening machine? Geoffrey Rubin, MD, details the challenges of building and managing a multidisciplinary team and the overall benefits of effective screening programs on the radiology profession.

Researchers recently conducted a study to determine time to recurrence and mode of detection of recurrence in patients with HPV-related oropharanx cancer who had been treated with definitive radiation therapy.

Radiation treatments help relieve pain from bone metastases, but the alleviation isn’t pronounced enough to improve patients’ overall quality of life, according to a Dutch study posted online March 29 in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.