Dear AuntMinnieEurope Member,
Understandably, a media frenzy has ensued after the conviction of neonatal nurse Lucy Letby for seven murders and six attempted murders of babies in her care. But one person who has stayed resolutely calm and balanced throughout the 10-month trial is pediatric radiologist Prof. Owen Arthurs, who provided vital evidence.
Unanswered questions remain, particularly concerning senior hospital managers' apparent failure to deal adequately with the concerns of pediatricians. One thing's for sure, though: the case has underlined the importance of imaging in suspicious deaths and the added value of an expert radiological witness.
This week's second most popular article in terms of page views is about MRI screening in prostate cancer. A clinical trial conducted in London has provided important new data here. For the full story, go to the MRI Community.
Another hot topic right now is imaging requests by general practitioners (GPs). Australian researchers have conducted a small but intriguing survey about the increasing pressures being exerted on GPs by anxious patients.
In other news, a group from the National Cancer Institute of Milan has reported that nonradioactive magnetic seed localization is an easy, safe, reliable, and effective method for localizing nonpalpable breast lesions. Find out more in the Women's Imaging Community.
Danish researchers have been keeping busy too. Authors from Copenhagen University Hospital have found that PET imaging is displaying great clinical promise in the complex task of differentiating between subtypes of atypical parkinsonism. Don't miss our report in the Molecular Imaging Community.
Finally, I'm delighted to let you know that Dr. Filippo Pesapane, PhD, has joined the Editorial Advisory Board of AuntMinnieEurope.com. I've had the pleasure of knowing Filippo since 2019, when he won the Radiology Rising Star award in the inaugural edition of the EuroMinnies, and I feel sure he'll make a great contribution to our site.
