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Digital mammography improves population-based breast cancer screening

New research from the Netherlands shows that the switch from screen film mammography (SFM) to digital mammography (DM) in large, population-based breast cancer screening programs improves the detection of life-threatening ...

Cancer created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preoperative needle breast biopsies can lead to improved treatment outcomes

Chicago: Women suspected of having breast cancer now have more reasons to be diagnosed with a needle biopsy instead of a traditional open surgical biopsy. Besides avoiding the risks and discomfort of an open surgical procedure, ...

Cancer created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In treated MS, early disease activity predicts poor outcome

(HealthDay)—After 15 years of follow-up, patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) who display disease activity despite treatment with interferon (IFN)β-1a tend to have unfavorable long-term ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radioactive 'seeds' save time, may improve outcomes for breast cancer patients

(Medical Xpress)—Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC is the first and only hospital in western Pennsylvania to offer radioactive seed localization, an innovation allowing breast tumors that cannot be felt to be precisely located ...

Cancer created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Split-dose preparation for colonoscopy increases precancerous polyp detection rates

A new study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic Arizona showed that system-wide implementation of a split-dose preparation as the primary choice for colonoscopy significantly improved both polyp detection rates and adenoma ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cervical cancer and pre-cancer cervical growths require single HPV protein

(Medical Xpress)—Human papillomavirus (HPV) has long been implicated in cervical cancer, but details of how it happens have remained a mystery. Now researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that a single ...

Cancer created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Imaging device quantifies change in port wine stains

(HealthDay)—A newly developed spatial frequency domain imaging (SFDI) device can be used to quantify biochemical compositional changes in port wine stain (PWS) lesions after laser therapy, according to ...

Surgery created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer researchers discover gene defect responsible for cancer syndrome

University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researchers have discovered germline BAP1 mutations are associated with a novel cancer syndrome characterized by malignant mesothelioma, uveal melanoma, cutaneous melanoma and atypical ...

Cancer created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PCI guided by fractional flow reserve versus medical therapy alone in stable coronary disease

Patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) had a lower need for urgent revascularisation when receiving fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided PCI plus the best available medical therapy (MT) than when receiving MT ...

Cardiology created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Non-invasive fractional flow reserve in the identification of flow-restricting arterial blockage

Data presented today from the prospective Determination of Fractional Flow Reserve by Anatomic Computed Tomographic Angiography (DeFACTO) study show that, when compared to standard coronary angiography (CT), the non-invasive ...

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identified markers that predict progression of oral lesions to cancer

A group of molecular markers have been identified that can help clinicians determine which patients with low-grade oral premalignant lesions are at high risk for progression to oral cancer, according to data from the Oral ...

Cancer created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mechanisms of acquired chemoresistance in ovarian cancer identified

The presence of multiple ovarian cancer genomes in an individual patient and the absence or downregulation of the gene LRP1B are associated with the development of chemoresistance in women with the high-grade serous cancer ...

Cancer created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Good news: Migraines hurt your head but not your brain

Migraines currently affect about 20 percent of the female population, and while these headaches are common, there are many unanswered questions surrounding this complex disease. Previous studies have linked this disorder ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

HPV test beats pap long-term: study

(HealthDay) -- Testing for HPV, the human papillomavirus linked to cervical cancer, can predict which women will stay cancer-free for a decade or more, a new study shows.

Cancer created Jul 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study assesses impact of lesion severity on coronary event risk

(HealthDay) -- Contrary to previous evidence, angiographic lesion severity may predict subsequent risk of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) within three months, according to a study published ...

Cardiology created Jul 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0