Diagnostic Imaging North America
July 2005
COVER STORY
By: H. A. Abella
Interventionalists offer new choices for cancer therapy
Interventional oncology evolves through collaboration
Diverse developments enhance image-guided therapy
DEPARTMENTS
X-RAY VISION
John C. Hayes, Editor
Empowered patients may challenge radiologists' authority
AGENDA
C. P. Kaiser
If a picture is worth a thousand words, we've got War and Peace this month
Overread
Newsclips
Imaging & The Law
Breast Imaging
Tech Watch
Perturbations
Perspective
Mailbox
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