Oncology & Cancer
New technology improves prostate cancer biopsies
The goal is not to find every prostate cancer – it's to find aggressive prostate cancer that may impact a man's survival.
Dec 11, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
New analysis methodology may revolutionize breast cancer therapy
Stroma cells are derived from connective tissue and may critically influence tumour growth. This knowledge is not new. However, bioanalyst Christopher Gerner and an interdisciplinary team from the University of Vienna and ...
Oct 21, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Needle biopsy underused in breast cancer diagnosis, negatively impacting diagnosis and care
Needle biopsy, the standard of care radiological procedure for diagnosing breast cancer, is underused with too many patients undergoing the more invasive, excisional biopsy to detect their disease, according to research from ...
Jun 9, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How long should HCV treatment last? Study suggests answers are complex
As new treatments for hepatitis C virus (HCV) are approved, biomedical scientists are exploring their mechanisms and what they reveal about the virus. An online publication this month in Hepatology is the first to report ...
May 28, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
MRI-guided biopsy for brain cancer improves diagnosis
Neurosurgeons at UC San Diego Heath System have, for the first time, combined real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology with novel non-invasive cellular mapping techniques to develop a new biopsy approach that ...
May 1, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Experts debunk myths about how cancer spreads
Experts from the Houston Methodist Cancer Center address some of the common misconceptions about how cancer spreads.
Oct 27, 2013
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Pediatrics
Imaging technique detects pediatric liver disease without need for needle biopsy
A new, non-invasive imaging technique, magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), can now help physicians accurately detect fibrosis (scarring) in children with chronic liver disease – a growing problem due in part to increasing ...
Sep 20, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
High-tech prostate scan may boost cancer detection
(HealthDay)—An innovative fusion of MRI and ultrasound might be a better way to detect and assess prostate cancer, while helping men avoid unnecessary biopsies, researchers say.
Aug 16, 2013
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Medical research
Robot treats brain clots with steerable needles (w/ Video)
Surgery to relieve the damaging pressure caused by hemorrhaging in the brain is a perfect job for a robot.
Aug 8, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
New method to test breast lesions could better detect cancer, save money by reducing repeat biopsies
A newly developed, single-step Raman spectroscopy algorithm has the potential to simultaneously detect microcalcifications and enable diagnosis of the associated breast lesions with high precision, according to data published ...
May 31, 2013
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