Dear AuntMinnie Member,
In this edition of our MRI content area newsletter, we're highlighting a study that indicates there are racial disparities when it comes to women diagnosed with breast cancer receiving preoperative MRI.
Specifically, University of Pennsylvania researchers found that Black women are less likely than their white counterparts to undergo the exam, a trend that could put them at risk of additional -- and perhaps avoidable -- surgery. Click here for the full details.
When you've read our featured story, check out our coverage of a missile attack on Ukraine's largest children's hospital on July 8 that fortunately left the facility's MRI system unaffected but damaged several mobile x-ray and ultrasound units; a study that suggests that AI can increase breast MRI's cancer detection fourfold; research that documents what paramedics think about the feasibility of portable MRI for stroke care; work that explores how MRI can help clinicians track the progression of Parkinson's disease; and a study that indicates that the modality can show the negative effects of ovary removal before menopause on women's brains as they age.
Don't miss our article on the state of MRI safety oversight (hint: there are gaps "big enough to drive a truck through," according to expert Tobias Gilk of Gilk Radiology Consultants) and our story on how a few key interventions in the MRI suite can cut exam delays for sedated patients.
Finally, take a look at our reporting on the following research:
- A study that investigates whether MRI is ready to replace prostate-specific antigen testing as a first-line screening exam for prostate cancer.
- How using AI with the modality can help clinicians foresee surgery outcomes in patients with high-grade brain cancer;
- Why rapid MRI for pediatric appendicitis needs its own CPT code
- How abbreviated MRI may be suitable for screening women with dense breast tissue for breast cancer.
Our MRI content area keeps you current on the modality's many uses and benefits. We invite you to check it out regularly, and as always, if you have MRI topics you'd like us to consider, please contact me.
