Recent advances in lung and breast cancer screening technologies have enabled earlier cancer detection and improved cancer survival rates. Recent advances in lung and breast cancer screening technologies have enabled earlier cancer detection and improved cancer survival rates. Roni Talukdar, M.D. and Stacy Moulton, M.D. presented new screening guidelines for breast and lung to physicians and prevention advocates at the …
“Virtual Colonoscopy” Proving Important Screening Tool
Computed tomographic (CT) colonography, also referred to as virtual colonoscopy, is providing local clinicians with a minimally invasive screening tool for detecting early colorectal cancer and polyps. Christopher Meyer, MD, radiologist and member of the virtual colonoscopy team at Radiologic
Lung Cancer Screening Available Locally, Proven Effective in National Research Study
A lung cancer screening test now available at Medical Imaging of Fredericksburg uses low-dose helical computed tomography (CT) to scan patients with a history of heavy smoking. The test and patient screening criteria are based on the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST),
Affordable Care Act Mandates Insurance Coverage of Annual CT Lung Screening for High-Risk Patients
Medicare Patients Already Benefiting A low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening test that has been shown to significantly reduce deaths from the nation’s leading cancer killer, lung cancer, has become more affordable for high-risk patients.
Radiologist Spotlight: Stacy Moulton, MD
When Dr. Stacy Moulton of Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg (RAF) finished college, he spent a summer backpacking around Europe with friends. On that journey, he read a novel that changed his life: John Irving’s Cider House Rules.