News tagged with needle aspiration


Improving diagnosis of thyroid nodules

Thyroid nodules are thought to be present in about half of all people, but very few of these are cancerous. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Cancer presents a set of dia ...

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

Despite obstacles, fine needle aspiration might be best diagnostic tool

Screening for lung cancer with low dose CT scans has been shown to save lives. However, research shows that when CT scans reveal nodules in the lungs, it is not cancerous 96 percent of the time. As a result, scientists are ...

Cancer created Apr 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Soy isoflavone supplements did not provide breast cancer protections

Soy isoflavone supplements did not decrease breast cancer cell proliferation in a randomized clinical trial, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Resear ...

Cancer created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast