PET Imaging Helps Guide Patient Selection for Radical Prostatectomy
October 6th 2021Clinicians taking care of patients with high-risk prostate cancer being assessed for prostatectomy can use a positive PET scan as a true positive, but a negative scan cannot be used to exclude disease or inform nodal dissection.
Multiparametric Ultrasound Could Be Useful for Identifying Patients with High-Risk NASH
Investigators in Japan developed a statistical model to identify patients with high-risk nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) using three ultrasound-based markers, which yielded an 86.5% positive predictive value.
Multidisciplinary Group Publishes Recommendations for Magnetic Resonance Defecography
The report provides a universal set of recommendations and language for technique, interpretation and reporting of magnetic resonance defecography and is endorsed by six medical societies.
Ultra-High-Resolution CT May Overcome Limitations in Evaluating Coronary Artery Stenoses
Patients suspected of having coronary stenoses may benefit from ultra-high-resolution CT, according to a recent study that showed high diagnostic confidence in severely calcified coronary atherosclerotic disease.