Read more radiology stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17671/radiology.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:42:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74634/at-one-clinic-two-standards-of-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt one New York City radiology clinic you get what you pay for—there are different names, different doors, and very different experiences for those paying with insurance and those shelling out their own cash. MSNBC found that on the insurance side, appointments can take 15 days to schedule, the...http://www.newser.com/story/74634/at-one-clinic-two-standards-of-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 12:12:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60457/new-cancer-strategy-dont-cure-it-manage-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe standard care for cancer patients is to kill tumors by blasting them with chemotherapy. Radiologist Roger Gatenby proposes a different approach in Nature : Forget about curing cancer and eliminating the tumors. Just keep them at a manageable size through drugs instead of chemo. "It just makes common sense," he...http://www.newser.com/story/60457/new-cancer-strategy-dont-cure-it-manage-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 May 2009 11:22:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45411/combo-treatment-halves-prostate-death-rates-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUsing radiation therapy in combination with hormone treatment can double the survival rate of patients with advanced prostate cancer, a new European study finds. Of those men given only standard drugs, 24% died after 10 years, compared to less than 12% of those given both treatments. Combined treatment is already...http://www.newser.com/story/45411/combo-treatment-halves-prostate-death-rates-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Dec 2008 6:45:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13874/mammograms-hard-to-read-even-when-theres-a-lump.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe accuracy of mammograms is highly dependent on the radiologist reading them, not only in finding easy-to-miss tumors but in diagnosing visible lumps, reports Reuters. "On average, 21 percent of breast cancers were missed and 4.3 percent of women underwent a biopsy even though they didn't have breast cancer,...http://www.newser.com/story/13874/mammograms-hard-to-read-even-when-theres-a-lump.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Dec 2007 10:23:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12597/boom-in-ct-scans-alarms-docs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAdvances in CT scans may help doctors diagnose patients quickly effectively, but also expose them to dangerous levels of radiation, the Boston Globe reports. The number of CT scans in the US climbed from 20 million in 1995 to 63 million in 2005, but many aren't actually necessary—and pose...http://www.newser.com/story/12597/boom-in-ct-scans-alarms-docs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Nov 2007 16:00:00 CST