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July 18, 2011 The report broadly addresses safe delivery of IMRT, with a primary focus on recommendations for human error prevention and methods to reduce the occurrence of errors or machine malfunctions that can lead to errors or “catastrophic failures,” ASTRO officials said. More »January 27, 2011 Compared to conventional radiotherapy, IMRT minimizes serious toxicity among anal cancer patients, according to a study reported at last week's ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers meeting. More »January 19, 2011 Two-year results from the largest randomized trial of IMRT in head and neck cancer confirm that it dramatically reduces the risk of dysphagia and xerostomia. The study was too small to establish a survival advantage, although the results are encouraging. More »October 1, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO—In a recent debate, both speakers agreed that IMRT with concurrent chemotherapy is toxic in patients with head and neck cancer, but disagreed on whether the risk/benefit ratio justifies its use. The event was held at the 2008 International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer, sponsored... More »October 1, 2008 BOSTON—A multicenter trial that tested intensity-modulated radiation therapy for patients with early-stage oropharyngeal cancer showed a reduction in long-term salivary toxicity while achieving good tumor control, according to research presented at ASTRO 2008. More »October 1, 2008 DES PLAINES, Illinois—Fully 87% of U.S. radiation oncology sites have adopted intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), according to the “2007 Radiation Oncology Market Summary Report.” More »June 1, 2008 Using intensity-modulated radiation therapy for breast cancer patients after lumpectomy can reduce the incidence of acute dermatitis, compared with traditional whole-breast radiotherapy, reported Jean-Philippe
Pignol, MD, of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, and colleagues. More »March 1, 2008 Compared with conventional intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer, hypofractionated IMRT is not associated with any increase in sexual adverse effects, finds a randomized trial. More »January 1, 2007 In a randomized trial, breast cancer patients who underwent postoperative intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) had a markedly reduced incidence of moist desquamation and overall skin toxicity, compared with those receiving standard radiation therapy. More »September 28, 2006 After nearly a decade of intensity-modulated radiation therapy barriers to its adoption remain, ranging from the high cost of technology to fundamental changes in the practice of medicine. Now, a study conducted at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center may help overcome those obstacles, as it... More »
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Fabricate Findings for a Payable Diagnosis?
February 6, 2012
In our bizarre world of getting paid not for what we do but rather why we did it, we often find ourselves holding the bag when a referrer ordered a study that the insurer decided was “inappropriate.”
Screening Ultrasound Exams Should Not Be Limited
February 2, 2012
The more advanced and more complicated the disease process, the more likely the patient will end up with surgery and/or amputation, increasing the cost of initial care and the additional intervention.
Radiology Comic: Doctors Cheating
January 31, 2012
 James Chang, MD's latest comic takes on the recent news investigation into radiologists' use of recalls for board exam prep.
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Improve EHR Systems by Rethinking Medical Billing Daniel Essin, MA, MD, February 6, 2012 Separating billing-related data from other clinical documentation and transmitting it to a billing system is not difficult …no matter how the charting is done.
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