Terbium: A new 'Swiss Army knife' for cancer diagnosis and treatment
A collaboration between the Paul Scherrer Institute, CERN's ISOLDE facility, and the Institut Laue-Langevin, has published preclinical study results for a newly developed set of tumour-targeting radiopharmaceuticals. ...
Cancer
Dec 24, 2012 |
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Novel cell growth factor for preventing and treating injury caused by high-level radiation exposure
Japanese researchers have created novel cell growth factor FGFC that is considered effective in preventing and treating injury due to high-dose radiation. Until now, there have been insufficient drugs effective ...
Medical research
Nov 02, 2012 |
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Patient decision aid beneficial in papillary thyroid cancer
(HealthDay) -- Patients with early-stage papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) may benefit from the use of a patient-directed computerized decision aid (DA) to provide medical knowledge and resolve decisional conflicts ...
Cancer
Jul 06, 2012 |
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Hyperthyroidism linked to increased risk of hospitalization for heart and blood-vessel disease
An overactive thyroid gland, or hyperthyroidism, may increase the risk of hospitalization for heart and blood-vessel disease even after surgery to remove the gland, according to a new study. The results will be presented ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 23, 2012 |
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Trial makes thyroid cancer treatment safer and shorter
A new gold standard for thyroid cancer treatment has been set, reducing radiation doses to just one third of the current level, according to research from the CRUK-UCL Cancer Trials Centre. The results are published in New En ...
Cancer
May 04, 2012 |
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BRAF addiction of thyroid cancers makes them therapeutically vulnerable
Papillary carcinoma is the most common form of thyroid cancer. Approximately one quarter of these carcinomas have mutations in the BRAF gene. The prevalence of such mutations is even greater in high-grade carcinomas, particularly ...
Addiction
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Radiation in Japanese children's thyroids
Forty-five percent of children tested in the region around Japan's stricken nuclear plant were found to have traces of radioactive elements in their thyroid glands, an official said Thursday.
Health
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Thyroid cancer treatment varies by hospital, study finds
Where thyroid cancer patients go for care plays a large role in whether they receive radioactive iodine treatment, a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds.
Cancer
Aug 16, 2011 |
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The case for maintaining current regulations on I-131 therapy
Two articles in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine make a case for maintaining current U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations on the release of patients who undergo radioactive iodine treatments for th ...
Other
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