Stereotactic radiotherapy provides excellent local control for lung malignancies
(Medical Xpress) -- Image-guided stereotactic radiation therapy is well tolerated and very effective in locally-controlling lung cancer, Methodist Cancer Center researchers report in the April issue of the Journal of Radiation On ...
Cancer
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Cytori breast reconstruction cell therapy trial results published
Cytori Therapeutics announced today the publication of RESTORE-2 trial results in the peer-reviewed European Journal of Surgical Oncology.
Cancer
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Surgery soon after failure of drug treatment for epilepsy may lower risk of seizures
Patients with epilepsy who underwent brain surgery soon after failing to respond to drug treatment, but who also continued to receive drug therapy, had a lower risk of seizures during the 2nd year of follow-up compared to ...
Neuroscience
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Remote-control surgery grows, despite inconclusive evidence
Chubby, pink and anesthetized into unconsciousness and paralysis, 16-week-old Ian Lund was a small bump under blue drapes on an operating table at University of Chicago Medicine. Perched above him was a robot, with arms like ...
Surgery
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Robotic surgery proves successful, less invasive way to treat HPV-related oral cancer
Over the past few decades, doctors have noted a surprising trend in cancer of the tonsils and base of the tongue. Though oral cancer previously appeared predominantly in elderly patients with a history of tobacco and alcohol ...
Cancer
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Fewer women need repeat breast cancer surgeries with new service at University of Michigan
Nearly one in three women who have breast cancer surgery will need to return to the operating room for additional surgery after the tumor is evaluated by a pathologist.
Cancer
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Breast cancer survivors suffer musculoskeletal alterations caused by surgery
A research study conducted at the University of Granada –and published in the prestigious American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation–has revealed that the surgery performed on breast cancer patien ...
Cancer
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Nerve sparing helps most prostate cancer patients to have same orgasms as before surgery
The vast majority of men who have a prostate cancer operation can retain their ability to orgasm if the surgery is carried out without removing the nerves that surround the prostate gland like a hammock, according to a study ...
Surgery
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Many lung cancer patients get radiation therapy that may not prolong their lives
A new study has found that many older lung cancer patients get treatments that may not help them live longer. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings suggest that p ...
Cancer
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Breakthrough in the development of a diagnostic test for oesophageal cancer
A team of scientists, led by the University of Liverpool, has made a major advance in the development of a diagnostic test for oesophageal cancer. The findings, achieved at STFC's ALICE accelerator facility, ...
Cancer
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Three 'targeted' cancer drugs raise risk of fatal side effects
Treatment with three relatively new "targeted" cancer drugs has been linked to a slightly elevated chance of fatal side effects, according to a new analysis led by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They added that ...
Cancer
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Too many tests? Routine checks getting second look
Recent headlines offered a fresh example of how the health care system subjects people to too many medical tests - this time research showing millions of older women don't need their bones checked for osteoporosis nearly ...
Cancer
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Early-stage breast cancer patients lack knowledge; may not receive treatment they prefer
According to the results of a new study published in the January 2012 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, many early-stage breast cancer survivors lacked knowledge about their disease and were not me ...
Cancer
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Impaired quality of life: A warning signal after oesophageal cancer surgery
A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that most patients who survive for at least five years after oesophageal cancer surgery recover an average quality of life. However, quality of life deteriorates signif ...
Cancer
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Britain reviews data on French breast implants
Britain's health minister said Saturday he has ordered an urgent review of the data used to assess the risks of breast implants made by French firm PIP, after receiving "conflicting" information.
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