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A recent report was released on the average number of patients seen per hour by specialty, which ranges from 1 to over 15.
If that sounds like a lot, that’s because it is. Physicians and hospitals make money based on the…
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Which Doctors See the Fewest Patients per Hour?
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Study Findings Do Not Support Omitting Surgery for Breast Cancer
(MedPage Today) — Adding tumor-bed biopsy to trimodality imaging after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients who had clinical complete response did not reliably predict pathological complete response (pCR) among breast cancer patients, findings…
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Women Don't Want AI as Sole Reader of Breast Cancer Screenings
(MedPage Today) — Few women wanted artificial intelligence (AI) as the sole reader of their screening mammograms, according to a survey, though most respondents generally supported some use of the technology.
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Is Lung Cancer Screening as Effective Without Risk-Based Selection?
(MedPage Today) — Low-dose CT (LDCT) screening for lung cancer in an all-comer Chinese population ages 40 to 74 identified at least as many cases as would be expected from screening high-risk individuals, a study found.
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SCOTUS to Mull Whether Insurers Must Offer Certain Preventive Services for Free
(MedPage Today) — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case that could affect what kind of preventive care is covered at no charge under Americans’ health insurance plans.
The case, known as Kennedy v. Braidwood, involves Christian… -
CT Scans in a Single Year Could Result in 100,000 Future Cancers in the U.S.
(MedPage Today) — At current utilization and radiation dose levels, CT exams in 2023 were projected to lead to over 100,000 future cancers over the lifetime of exposed patients, according to an updated risk model.
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Ablative RT Shows Promise in Technically Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
(MedPage Today) — The use of ablative radiation therapy (A-RT) led to promising overall survival and effective local tumor control in patients with technically resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) who were high-risk candidates for…
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Lung Cancer Screening Rates Nearly 4 Times Lower Than Breast, Colon Cancers
(MedPage Today) — Americans eligible for lung cancer screening are about four times less likely to undergo screening for the disease than for breast cancer or colorectal cancer (CRC), an analysis of CDC survey data found.
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Cybersecurity Threats Remain a Problem for Older Medical Devices, House Members Say
(MedPage Today) — Tuesday’s house hearing on medical device cybersecurity included discussions on how hospitals and other providers can keep up with cyber threats as well as what the effect of Tuesday’s massive layoffs at FDA and other HHS divisions…
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Transperineal Biopsy Detects More Prostate Cancers Than TRUS
(MedPage Today) — Biopsy with local anesthetic ultrasound-guided transperineal (LATP) identified more clinically significant prostate cancers than transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), but the procedure came with tradeoffs, a multicenter randomized trial…