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Skipping Routine CT Scans Before Children’s Cochlear Implants May Be Safe, Study Finds

A retrospective study of 164 children in Freiburg found that omitting routine preoperative CT before bilateral cochlear ...
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Early PET/CT Scan Predicts Which HER2-Positive Breast Cancers Will Vanish Before Surgery

A prospective study finds that 68Ga-HER2 PET/CT scans after just two cycles of neoadjuvant therapy can predict which ...
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VUMC Performs Nation’s First Surgery Using Latest Generation of Intraoperative PET-CT Scan Technology

Newswise — Surgeons in Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery have successfully performed the country’s first procedure using the latest generation ...
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Nearly 3 Percent of Scanned Patients Had Pancreatic Tissue Looped Around a Major Vein Without Knowing It

Six states will require medical proof for Medicaid work exemptions in January, skipping a federal grace year. Who is affected and what to gather. MedPAC Chair Defends $76 Billion Medicare Advantage ...
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What radiation from repeated CT scans adds up to over a lifetime

Most patients walk out of a CT scan without a second thought. The images are clear, the diagnosis is faster, and the machine ...