March 16, 2020 — The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that cancer death rates continued to decline from 2001 to 2017 in the United States for all cancer sites combined.

The report is published in the journal Cancer.

March 16, 2020 — The 2020 Society of Breast Imaging/American College of Radiology (SBI/ACR) annual symposium has been cancelled, and the event rescheduled for April 8-11, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. The Society of Breast Imaging’s annual symposium is one of the largest breast imaging conference in the world, and this year's symposium was to focus on Breast Imaging: Access.

March 13, 2020 — RefleXion Medical, a therapeutic oncology company pioneering the use of biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) to treat all stages of cancer today announced it has received marketing clearance from the U.S.

March 13, 2020 — The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) and a working party of U.K. radiological professional bodies and agencies have published evidence-based guidance that shows  patient contact shielding (such as aprons, thyroid or gonad shields) provides minimal or no benefit.

March 13, 2020 — IBM Watson Health and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) announced a strategic collaboration aimed toward enhancing clinical decision support (CDS) and operations for healthcare providers and health syst

March 13, 2020 — HIMSS and Forrester announced the results from a study that investigates adoption of consumer and employee experience capabilities within healthcare. Respondents were asked about their current strategies for improving both patient and provider experiences, and the perceived value of those programs. Based on insights from more than 170 U.S.

March 12, 2020 — Siemens Healthineers announces market introduction of the teamplay digital health platform. With the teamplay digital health platform Siemens Healthineers helps pave the way for healthcare providers´ digital transformation – facilitating easy access to solutions for operational, clinical and shared decision support.

March 12, 2020 — The use of PET-CT imaging gives doctors the best possible picture of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and this accurate imaging helps to match patients with the best treatments. Unfortunately, not every NSCLC patient gets the recommended PET-CT imaging.

March 11, 2020 — As COVID-19 spreads in the U.S., there is growing interest in the role and appropriateness of chest radiographs (CXR) and computed tomography (CT) for the screening, diagnosis and management of patients with suspected or known COVID-19 infection.

March 11, 2020 — The low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) scans used in lung cancer screening do not appear to damage human DNA, according to a study appearing in the journal Radiology. The results could help allay fears that such screenings will lead to an increase in radiation-induced cancer.

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