The Impact of Preoperative Breast MRI on Timing of Surgical Management in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer.

Preoperative breast MRI has been recommended at our center since 2016 for invasive lobular carcinoma and cancers in dense breasts. This study examined how preoperative breast MRI impacted surgical timing and outcomes for patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer. Retrospective single-center study of consecutive women diagnosed with new breast cancer between June 1, 2019, and March 1, 2021, in whom preoperative breast MRI was recommended.

Association of Accuracy, Conclusions, and Reporting Completeness With Acceptance by Radiology Conferences and Journals.

Background: Preferential publication of studies with positive findings can lead to overestimation of diagnostic test accuracy (i.e. publication bias).

Risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in oncology patients receiving gadoxetic acid and updated risk of estimate of NSF in patients receiving gadoxetic acid with moderate and severe renal impairment.

Objectives: Gadoxetic acid (GA) is a half-biliary excreted gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) administered at lower dose than gadobenic acid with similar ionic structure. Gadobenic acid is considered low-risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in patients with impaired renal function; however, safety of GA is unclear. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of NSF in oncology patients undergoing GA-enhanced MRI and to update the risk estimate of NSF in patients receiving GA with severe renal impairment.

Multi-detector CT for suspected hip fragility fractures: A diagnostic test accuracy systematic review and meta-analysis.

To perform a systematic review (SR) and meta-analysis to determine the diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) of Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) for detecting proximal femoral (hip) fragility fractures in patients with a negative initial radiograph. MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched to identify relevant studies published between January 2000 and May 2018. Articles underwent title and abstract screening followed by full-text screening.

Citation bias in imaging research: are studies with higher diagnostic accuracy estimates cited more often?

Objectives: To assess the risk of citation bias in imaging diagnostic accuracy research by evaluating whether studies with higher accuracy estimates are cited more frequently than those with lower accuracy estimates.

Methods: We searched Medline for diagnostic accuracy meta-analyses published in imaging journals from January 2005 to April 2016. Primary studies from the meta-analyses were screened; those assessing the diagnostic accuracy of an imaging test and reporting sensitivity and specificity were eligible for inclusion.