Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Factors ID'd for fine needle aspiration diagnostic accuracy

(HealthDay)—Factors that can independently predict fine needle aspiration (FNA) diagnosis for follicular variant papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC) as suspicious malignancy or malignant have been identified, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pneumothorax treatment gets less painful

Scientists working in Tianjin Chest Hospital, China, have developed a less painful treatment strategy for Pneumothorax treatment. By analyzing the partial pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide in thoracic cavity gas during ...

Oncology & Cancer

Team finds cancer biopsies do not promote cancer spread

A study of more than 2,000 patients by researchers at Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida, has dispelled the myth that cancer biopsies cause cancer to spread. In the Jan. 9 online issue of Gut, they show that patients ...

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