The 1997 EANM Congress was hosted by the City of Glasgow and constituted a true celebration of the richness and diversity of our specialty. Eight-hundred and eighteen abstracts were presented from 47 different countries (31 European and 16 non-European), covering the immense variety of nuclear medicine applications, and providing evidence of seminal work that should extend current diagnostic and therapeutic domains and open promising new fields for this growing specialty. As suggested by the emblem of the Congress, displaying the thistle on top of the Aesculapian serpent and staff, the theme that best represented the spirit of the meeting was in my view “The flowering of science and art of nuclear medicine in Europe”. This is supported by the growing diversity of applications to emerge from the hundreds of abstracts submitted and selected for the meeting. Diversity is also a feature of the city of Glasgow. This diversity was racial in origin and subesequently increased for historical reasons; the current diversification in industry, trade, social life and science makes Glasgow an excellent example of european plurality. The river Clyde flows through this diversity, and with its many bridges provides a good symbol of the major challenge we face at the end of the century. Differences have to be resolved to achieve that most difficult of syntheses: globalization with the right to legitimate difference . This principle applies to contemporary science and life, to Europe considered as a whole, and to individual European countries. Nuclear medicine is the medical specialty that offers the richest diversity of diagnostic and therapeutic applications, and the 1997 Congress celebrated the growth and enormous potential of such plurality. This year, 18% of the abstracts were in the field of oncology, 16% in cardiovascular nuclear medicine, 12% in neurology and psychiatry, 11% in chemistry and tracers, 12% in physics and instrumentation, 7% in therapy and the remaining 24% in many other equally important fields (Fig. 1). Looking at the trends since 1990 (Fig. 2), one can clearly see that oncology is steadily increasing, as are neurology and therapy. A trend towards an increase is also observed in the areas of chemistry and tracers as well as physics and instrumentation, reflecting the renewal of the field, while contributions on cardiovascular nuclear medicine seem to be remaining stable. It is interesting to note that 29% of the papers presented on physics and instrumentation reported new developments in PET and SPET technology, and that 16% of the papers presented on chemistry and tracers related to new

Highlights of the annual meeting of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine : Glasgow 1997 : The Flowering of Science and Art of Nuclear Medicine in Europe

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<h3>Purpose/Objective(s)</h3> Clinical Audit and feedback (CA&F) is a demonstrated successful knowledge translation (KT) method that positively impacts change in practice in numerous clinical scenarios. However, there has been low implementation of CA&F in oncology, and specifically in radiotherapy (RT) prescribing practices. We sought to identify the impact of a simple CA&F intervention on prescribing practices across six BC Cancer Centers by investigating four clinical scenarios: (1) women <50 years old with invasive breast cancer post partial mastectomy who receive surgical cavity RT boost vs not; (2) patients with 1-3 positive lymph nodes receiving regional RT vs not; (3) women >70 years old with T1N0 breast cancer omitting whole breast RT vs not; (4) all women who received local or locoregional radiotherapy who are prescribed 16 versus 25 fractions of RT. <h3>Materials/Methods</h3> Thirty-five radiation oncologists were randomized to receive CA&F intervention vs not and stratified by BC Cancer center. Patient data was obtained retrospectively for patients treated before and after intervention. The study measured one of two possible prescriptions per clinical scenario, with prescription 1 containing the most evidence in favor of its use. A logistic fixed effect regression model was used to measure odds ratio of prescription 1 before and after intervention. This model captured the difference in prescription use within and between control and intervention groups pre and post CA&F, while adjusting for the number of patients seen by each physician. Time as a potential confounding variable that could impact prescription rates from pre to post intervention was also adjusted for. <h3>Results</h3> A total of 5215 unique cases were identified. The change in odds of using prescription 1 after CA&F in cohorts 1, 2, 3 and 4 was 0.45 (p=0.12), 0.59 (p=0.34), 2.23 × 10<sup>−9</sup> (p=0.98, unstable model), and 0.77 (p=0.11) respectively. <h3>Conclusion</h3> There was no significant change in odds of utilizing the more evidence-based prescription across any of the four clinical scenarios, suggesting our simple CA&F intervention was not effective in changing prescribing practices. Further, radiation oncologists may have been optimally informed of prescribing patterns prior to intervention. A more complex CA&F intervention may be necessary in future quality assurance efforts to achieve a greater impact on radiotherapy prescribing practices. 

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Fresh thrombus imaging with a new Tc-99m labeled peptidomimetic

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Impact of Quality Assurance and Feedback on Radiotherapy Prescribing Practices: A Randomized Controlled Trial