Oncology & Cancer

Benefit of PET or PET/CT in recurrent bowel cancer is not proven

For patients in whom a recurrence of bowel cancer is suspected, the study data currently available allow no robust conclusions as to the advantages and disadvantages of using positron emission tomography (PET), alone or in ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Rate of women with pregnancy-associated cancer on the increase

The rate of pregnancy-associated cancer is increasing and is only partially explained by the rise in older mothers suggests new research published today (5 September) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Oncology & Cancer

Accuracy of melanoma detection up in specialized clinics

(HealthDay) -- From 1998 to 2007, the accuracy of melanoma detection improved in specialized but not non-specialized clinical settings, according to research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Academy ...

Neuroscience

Fusion plasma research helps neurologists to hear above the noise

Fusion plasma researchers at the University of Warwick have teamed up with Cambridge neuroscientists to apply their expertise developed to study inaccessible fusion plasmas in order to significantly improve the understanding ...

Other

Raising awareness about Sjogren's syndrome

Oakland, Calif., physician Sarah Schafer is a trim woman with robust color in her cheeks, bright blue eyes and a pleasant smile. She is the outward picture of health - an image that doesn't begin to tell the inside story.

Oncology & Cancer

GE to invest $1 billion in cancer research

US industrial conglomerate General Electric said on Thursday that it would invest $1 billion in cancer research over the next five years.

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