PET imaging used to more accurately manage treatment, predict survival for patients with gliomas
In the management of gliomas—or tumors that originate in the brain—precise assessment of tumor grade and the proliferative activity of cells plays a major role in determining the most appropriate treatment and predicting ...
Cancer
Dec 03, 2012 |
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Scanning innovation can improve personalized medicine
New combinations of medical imaging technologies hold promise for improved early disease screening, cancer staging, therapeutic assessment, and other aspects of personalized medicine, according to Ge Wang, director of Virginia ...
Medical research
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Feinstein announces submission of new drug application for diagnosing parkinsonian syndromes
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research announced today the submission of a New Drug Application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Fluorodopa F 18 positron emission tomography (PET) scan used to diagnose ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Nov 14, 2012 |
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Mayo Clinic gets FDA approval for new imaging agent for recurrent prostate cancer
Mayo Clinic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to produce and administer Choline C 11 Injection, an imaging agent used during a positron emission tomography (PET) scan to help detect sites of recurrent ...
Cancer
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Researchers develop non-invasive technique for predicting patients' response to chemotherapy
Researchers have developed a non-invasive way of predicting how much of a cancer-killing drug is absorbed by a tumour. The preliminary study, which will be reported at the 24th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets ...
Cancer
Nov 07, 2012 |
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Imaging speeds early diagnosis of heart disease, the top killer in the Western world
The most up-to-date imaging techniques for the early diagnosis of heart disease will be presented and discussed at EUROECHO and other Imaging Modalities 2012. The annual meeting of the European Association of Cardiovascular ...
Cardiology
Nov 06, 2012 |
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Brain imaging alone cannot diagnose autism
In a column appearing in the current issue of the journal Nature, McLean Hospital biostatistician Nicholas Lange, ScD, cautions against heralding the use of brain imaging scans to diagnose autism and urges greater focus ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Nov 02, 2012 |
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Caffeine's effect on the brain's adenosine receptors visualized for the first time
Molecular imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) has enabled scientists for the first time to visualize binding sites of caffeine in the living human brain to explore possible positive and negative ...
Medical research
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Omega-3 intake heightens working memory in healthy young adults
(Medical Xpress)—While Omega-3 essential fatty acids—found in foods like wild fish and grass-fed livestock—are necessary for human body functioning, their effects on the working memory of healthy young adults have not ...
Health
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Lexatumumab tolerated for pediatric solid tumors
(HealthDay)—Lexatumumab, an agonistic, full human monoclonal antibody against tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand receptor 2, is well tolerated and may lessen certain clinical symptoms ...
Cancer
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Study reveals multiple mechanisms may play role in Alzheimer's
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers investigating a known gene risk factor for Alzheimer's disease discovered it is associated with lower levels of beta amyloid—a brain protein involved in Alzheimer's—in cognitively healthy ...
Neuroscience
Oct 02, 2012 |
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PET predicts early response to treatment for head and neck cancer patients
Determining the optimal treatment course and predicting outcomes may get easier in the future for patients with head and neck sqaumous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) with the use of an investigational imaging agent. Research published ...
Cancer
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Pretreatment PET/CT imaging of lymph nodes predicts recurrence in breast cancer patients
Disease-free survival for invasive ductal breast cancer (IDC) patients may be easier to predict with the help of F-18-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scans, according to research ...
Cancer
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Benefit of PET and PET/CT in ovarian cancer is not proven
Due to the lack of studies, there is currently no proof that patients with ovarian cancer can benefit from positron emission tomography (PET) alone or in combination with computed tomography (CT). As regards diagnostic accuracy, ...
Cancer
Aug 08, 2012 |
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Diagnostic imaging increases among stage IV cancer patients on Medicare
The use of diagnostic imaging in Medicare patients with stage IV cancer has increased faster than among those with early-stage (stages I and II) disease, according to a study published July 30 in the Journal of the National Ca ...
Cancer
Jul 30, 2012 |
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