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2024 09 Apr
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves new drugs that are deemed safe and effective when their benefits outweigh their risks. The accelerated approval pathway, developed in response to the HIV epidemic of the 1980s, allows promising drugs for unmet medical needs to reach the market faster. This is based on surrogate measures that are...Read more
2024 05 Apr
A groundbreaking study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting unveils the potential of a minimally invasive treatment for prostate cancer using MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA). This innovative approach offers an effective alternative to traditional treatments like surgery or radiation,...Read more
2024 05 Apr
A groundbreaking study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting unveils the potential of a minimally invasive treatment for prostate cancer using MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA). This innovative approach offers an effective alternative to traditional treatments like surgery or radiation,...Read more
2024 28 Feb
During a workshop on research presentations at ECR, authors from around the world shared recent advancements in studies exploring the association between AI and radiomics. Handcrafted radiomics, deep radiomics and transcriptomics data provide complementary and potentiating prognostic information in soft-tissue sarcoma patients Amandine Crombé...Read more
2024 28 Feb
During a workshop on research presentations at ECR, authors from around the world shared recent advancements in studies exploring the association between AI and radiomics. Handcrafted radiomics, deep radiomics and transcriptomics data provide complementary and potentiating prognostic information in soft-tissue sarcoma patients Amandine Crombé...Read more
2022 03 Jun
Past research has shown that women tend to have more side effects, or adverse events, from chemotherapy than men. Now a team from the SWOG Cancer Research Network that analyzed data on more than 20,000 patients from more than 200 clinical trials reports that women also have a higher risk of severe adverse events from two other major modes of cancer...Read more
2022 05 Apr
GE Healthcare and Elekta announced that they have signed a global commercial collaboration agreement in the field of radiation oncology, enabling the two companies to provide hospitals a comprehensive offering across imaging and treatment for cancer patients requiring radiation therapy. As hospitals increasingly seek flexible and interoperable...Read more
2020 16 Jan
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have used big data analytics to devise a personalised tool for prediction of cancer, patient survivability and patient response to immunotherap You might also like: AI Breast Cancer Diagnosis Matches Two Doctors This specially-designed 'scorecard' has been designed to be used...Read more
2019 02 Dec
Good news for men with prostate problems including prostate cancer and benign prostate enlargement. A new minimally invasive method, the MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA), has been shown to be effective in treating prostate cancer with minimal side effects, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting...Read more