Sentence examples for detection of malignancy and from inspiring English sources

We evaluate outcomes for a large population-based cohort of women older than age 50 years with a small complex adnexal mass reported on ultrasound, without elevated CA125 or other evidence of malignancy, including time to detection of malignancy and stage at diagnosis for those initially observed.

Pulmonary nodules present a unique challenge for radiologists which includes the detection of malignancy and identification of benign disease, recommending the appropriate procedures to avoid unnecessary thoracotomy, and ensuring that excessive radiation from follow-up computed tomography (CT) examinations is kept to a minimum.

Although useful AF contrast is obtained in some cases, e.g [ 9, 12], the above considerations have so far limited the widespread use of fluorescence imaging for the detection of malignancy, and current fluorescence imaging tools in clinical use are hampered by low specificity and a high rate of false positive findings [ 13– 15].

Earlier detection of malignancies and widespread availability of cancer screening programmes have increased the possibility of successful treatment and recovery, although often at the cost of functional ability and physical, emotional/mental, or social well-being.

A more holistic approach to health care for all should result in better outcomes and economic savings and so the next vital step will be to evaluate the impact of early detection of malignancies and confirm benefits to the patient and society.

The optimum SUVmax threshold for detection of malignancy was 3.5 and 4.4 for OSEM and BPL, respectively.

There has been a recent surge in publications evaluating different USE technologies for tissue characterisation, including for detection of malignancy in the head and neck.

A larger series involving 202 patients demonstrated that using a tumour-to-background ratio (TBR) cut-off of 3.0, the sensitivity for detection of malignancy was 93%, the specificity 67% and the overall accuracy 82% [ 15].

FDG uptake was significantly higher in MPM when compared to benign pleural diseases (sensitivity, 91%; specificity, 100%) and showed improved detection of malignancy in mediastinal nodal disease when compared to CT.

Aunt Minnie and SNM Smart Brief featured the work on "Prospective Comparison of Combined 18F FDG and 18F NaF vs. Conventional 18F FDG PET/CT Imaging for Detection of Malignancy", a collaboration between Apollo Gleneagles PET CT Centre in Hyderabad, India and Stanford Hospital.

Wahl reported visualization of all 10 primary breast cancers using FDG-PET[ 23] and Adler showed 96% sensitivity and 100% specificity for the detection of malignancy[ 24].