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Bevacizumab therapy demonstrated marked improvement in both epistaxis severity and abdominal symptoms, despite unchanged radiographic appearance of hepatic AVMs, suggesting therapeutic benefit at the microvasculature level.

AI-assisted diagnosis of lung cancer showed 87% sensitivity and 87% specificity in a meta-analysis, suggesting potential for improved accuracy in interpreting chest CT scans.

In a population-based trial, MRI-targeted biopsy significantly reduced the detection of clinically insignificant prostate cancer compared to systematic biopsy, without increasing the risk of advanced cancer detection. These findings support the use of MRI-targeted biopsy as a more efficient and safer screening method.

Cannonball pulmonary lesions on imaging should prompt a thorough investigation for underlying malignancy, particularly germ cell tumors.