http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Physicians may soon have a new way to screen patients for Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition usually caused by chronic exposure to stomach acid. Researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed an imaging system enclosed in a capsule about the size of a multivitamin pill that creates detailed, microscopic images of the esophageal wall. The system has several advantages over traditional endoscopy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-pill-sized-device-rapid-imaging-esophageal.html Medical research Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:00:24 EST news277296962 The same protein could potentially be targeted to detect precancerous breast cells; deliver radiotherapy to destroy tumours; and monitor the effectiveness of treatment, according to a Cancer Research UK study presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool today.   Oxford University scientists at the Cancer Research UK/MRC Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology showed in the laboratory that a technique monitoring high levels of a protein called Gamma H2AX, found in many pre-cancerous cell types including breast, lung and skin cancer, could be used to detect cancer early. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-three-in-one-supermolecule-cancer-early-tumours.html Cancer Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:38:35 EST news271409903 (Medical Xpress) -- If you throw a rubber balloon filled with water against a wall, it will spread out and deform on impact, while the same balloon filled with honey, which is more viscous, will deform much less. If the balloon's elastic rubber was stiffer, an even smaller change in shape would be observed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-cells-disease.html Medical research Tue, 01 May 2012 04:16:04 EST news255064545 Since 1928, the way breast cancer characteristics are evaluated and categorized has remained largely unchanged. It is done by hand, under a microscope. Pathologists examine the tumors visually and score them according to a scale first developed eight decades ago. These scores help doctors assess the type and severity of the cancer and, accordingly, to calculate the patient's prognosis and course of treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-breast-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:00:07 EST news240058197