Dear AuntMinnie member,
Although annual lung cancer screening with low-dose CT has been recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for more than a decade, adherence remains frustratingly low. However, a group from Kaiser Permanente Washington in Seattle recently was able to significantly improve screening rates by implementing two multilevel interventions.
How did they do it? You can get all of the details in our coverage, which was the most highly viewed story this week on AuntMinnie.com.
Next up was the latest episode of The Invisible Force podcast series from MRI safety experts and educators Tobias “Toby” Gilk and John Posh. In season 3, Gilk and Posh will review what happened at Kaiser Permanente’s Redwood City, CA hospital in the morning of February 23, 2023. Episode 1 is available here.
Speaking of podcasts, we’ve also released a new episode of the Women’s Imaging MinnieCast. In episode 15, Associate Editor Amerigo Allegretto spoke with Laurie Margolies, MD, of the Mount Sinai Health System in New York about breast arterial calcifications and heart disease. You can find these and our other podcast offerings on the AuntMinnie Podcast Network.
Although breast imaging is often considered one of the most important applications for AI, some breast radiologists are reporting that the actual clinical benefits have fallen short of expectations. However, another study found that over 80% of surveyed women indicated they were comfortable with AI-based breast cancer risk assessment.
Please see below for our other top stories of the week.
Erik L. Ridley
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnie.com
1. Stepped reminders boost CT lung cancer screening
2. 5 factors that led to California workplace MRI accident
3. Women’s Imaging MinnieCast, Episode 15: BACs and heart disease risk
4. AI tools may not meet breast radiologists’ expectations in practice
5. Many women interested in AI-based risk assessment for breast cancer
6. PET/CT predicts response to neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer
7. DEXA reveals tea consumption supports bone health
8. SBRT for prostate cancer cuts side effects, falls short on disease control
9. FAPI-PET/CT shows promise in hepatopancreatobiliary cancers
10. Longitudinal DBT could help improve long-term cancer risk prediction