Search Tag: tumour

IMAGING Management

Mri-to-predict-tumour-size

2021 26 Apr

An extensive group of researchers from Germany, led by Dr Monika Graeser, from the Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Leipzig, presented results on “Magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound for prediction of residual tumor size in early breast cancer within the ADAPT subtrials.” The West German Study Group (WSG) conducted this imaging project...Read more

IMAGING Management

Mammography-damage-control-a-decade-of-fake-news

2019 10 Apr

“Mammography does more harm than good” sums up countless headlines seen in many medical journals, books, and other published articles (print and online). A flood of damaging reports amplified perceived risk of “over-diagnosis” and over-treatment. Study after flawed study — like a house of cards — touted mammography’s alleged harms and costs.  This...Read more

Executive Health Management

There-might-be-too-much-money-in-healthcare

2017 07 Jun

I was struck by a press announcement of the United States Food and Drug Administration of 23 May 2017: ‘ FDA approves first cancer treatment for any solid tumour with a specific genetic feature ’   This is good news. Because it means that the knowledge that science has given us many years ago now is accepted by the regulator for the first time....Read more

IMAGING Management

Imaging-technique-could-guide-breast-conserving-surgery

2017 05 Jun

In a first-in-human study seen as expanding the application of nuclear medicine, British researchers have developed a low-risk technique for intraoperative assessment of tumour margins in breast-conserving surgery. The technique, called Cerenkov luminescence imaging (CLI), combines optical and molecular imaging for detecting light emitted by the PET...Read more

IMAGING Management

Book-reveals-why-sharks-get-cancer-mole-rats-don-t

2016 10 May

A provocative new book by Loyola Medicine radiation oncologist James S. Welsh, MD, “ Sharks Get Cancer, Mole Rats Don’t: How Animals Could Hold the Key to Unlocking Cancer Immunity in Humans ,” explores how animals can help us understand how the immune system can be used to fight cancer. Dr. Welsh is a professor in the Department of Radiation...Read more

IMAGING Management

European-society-of-musculoskeletal-radiology-essr-annual-meeting-2016-knee-ankle

2016 09 Jun

The ESSR 2016 meeting will be held from June 9-11 in the city of Zurich/CH. The main topic will be "Knee & Ankle", besides a wide range of more general themes in MSK radiology including tumours, arthritis, trauma, metabolic conditions and sports imaging. Read more

Cardiology Management

Can-cancer-damage-the-heart

2015 06 Dec

New research presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2015 raises the possibility that cancer may damage heart muscle irrespective of exposure to cancer drug therapies.  The research from UK's first dedicated cardio-oncology clinic found that both treated and untreated cancer patients had impaired heart function.  Dr Rajdeep S. Khattar, last author of the abstract...Read more

IT Management

Flexible-robotic-worm-optimises-surgery

2015 17 Nov

Surgeons may one day be able to remove tumours from within the inner ear in a less invasive fashion — ie, without removing the entire mastoid bone. All they will need to do is cut a tunnel of 5 mm in diameter through the bone using a miniature robot named NiLiBoRo. The robotic "worm" can adjust its path while drilling through bone to steer around sensitive...Read more

IMAGING Management

Study-reduced-pet-tracer-more-scans

2015 03 Nov

Latest advances in PET scanning technology make it possible to reduce radiation dose for both patients and medical staff by up to 30 percent, allowing an addition of 100 scans a year at Central Manchester University Hospitals. A recent study by scientists at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester...Read more

IMAGING Management

Oesophageal-cancer-pet-does-not-improve-treatment

2015 08 Sep

Positron emission tomography (PET) is increasingly being used to assess the effectiveness of chemo- or radiotherapy in patients with cancer of the oesophagus. Now researchers say that no robust evidence exists to show that PET improves the treatment for these patients. Their finding is reported in the journal Deutsches Ärzteblatt International . Cancer...Read more

IMAGING Management

Mri-detects-cancerous-cells

2015 27 Mar

Results of a John Hopkins study suggest MRI could one day make biopsies more effective and even replace them altogether by noninvasively detecting tell-tale sugar molecules shed by the outer membranes of cancerous cells. The study has been published in the journal Nature Communications. According to Jeff Bulte, Ph.D., a professor of radiology...Read more

IMAGING Management

Older-breast-cancer-patients-can-safely-avoid-radiotherapy

2015 01 Feb

Based on an international study, some older women with breast cancer could safely avoid radiotherapy, without harming their chances of survival. Researchers found that older women with early breast cancer who were given breast-conserving surgery and hormone therapy gained very modest benefit from radiotherapy. These findings suggest that a carefully...Read more

Lab Management

Two-genes-trigger-severest-form-of-ovarian-cancer

2015 30 Jan

Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine (UNC) have created the first mouse model of ovarian clear cell carcinoma and show how a known drug can repress tumour growth. The research has been published in the journal Nature Communications . The team of UNC genetics led by Terry Magnuson, PhD, the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor...Read more

IMAGING Management

Imaging-system-improves-effectiveness-of-cancer-surgery-1

2015 22 Jan

Scientists have invented a new imaging system that will make it easier for surgeons to detect malignant tissue during surgery and hopefully reduce the rate of cancer recurrence. The inventors say the imaging system causes the tumours to “light up” when a hand-held laser is directed at them. “A surgeon’s goal during cancer surgery is to remove the...Read more

IMAGING Management

New-method-enlarges-tissue-samples-enabling-high-res-imaging

2015 17 Jan

MIT researchers have developed a new technique that allows biological specimens to be physically magnified and then imaged at high resolution without needing to use very powerful — and often expensive — microscopes. This new method enlarges tissue samples by embedding them in an expandable polymer gel made of polyacrylate. The expansion microscopy...Read more

Pharmacy Management

Flying-carpet-technique-delivers-two-anticancer-drugs

2015 09 Jan

A new drug delivery technique has been developed that utilises graphene strips as flying carpets to deliver two anticancer drugs sequentially to cancer cells.  The technique has been developed by researchers at North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and China Pharmaceutical University. Through this technique,...Read more

IMAGING Management

New-mri-technique-improves-prostate-cancer-detection

2015 08 Jan

A new imaging technique that measurably improves upon current prostate imaging could have significant implications for how patients with prostate cancer are ultimately treated. The new method called restriction spectrum imaging-MRI (RSI-MRI) was developed by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and University...Read more

Pharmacy Management

New-molecule-kills-cancer-cells

2015 04 Jan

Cell biologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have used the molecule 6-thiodG to target telomeres. The molecule takes advantage of the cell's biological clock to kill cancer cells and shrink tumour growth. Dr. Jerry W. Shay,  Professor and Vice Chairman of Cell Biology at UT Southwestern and the Associate Director of the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive...Read more

IMAGING Management

Rsna14-risk-based-screening-misses-breast-cancers-in-women-in-their-40s

2014 02 Dec

A study of breast cancers detected with screening mammography showed that strong family history and dense breast tissue were commonly absent in women between the ages of 40 and 49 diagnosed with breast cancer, according to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). "Screening recommendations for this age group continue to be...Read more

Pharmacy Management

Nanoparticle-may-spur-leelamine-clinical-testing-in-humans

2014 28 Oct

A team of researchers at Penn State College of Medicine have developed a nanoparticle that can deliver a melanoma-fighting drug, leelamine, directly to cancer cells. The results of the research have been reported in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics . This is an important development since delivering cancer drugs directly to the tumours is quite difficult....Read more

IMAGING Management

Radiogenomic-imaging-could-replace-biopsy

2014 07 Sep

High-throughput biological techniques have reshaped the perspective of biomedical research allowing for fast and efficient assessment of the entire molecular topography of a cell’s physiology, providing new insights into human cancers. However, a main limitation of these techniques is the need to acquire tissue for gene expression profiling through...Read more

IT Management

Handheld-device-can-detect-melanoma

2014 11 Aug

Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the US. Approximately 76,690 men and women were diagnosed with it in 2013. While only 5 percent of all skin cancers are due to melanoma, it is the primary cause of 7 percent of deaths related to skin cancer. Moreover, the incidence of melanoma is increasing at a much faster rate than any other cancer, providing...Read more

IMAGING Management

Goggles-to-identify-tumours-in-or

2014 27 Jun

In the near future, dual-mode imaging technology built into lightweight instruments, such as googles, will facilitate the identification of tumours in real time. Surgeons cannot remove tumours until they know the precise location of the cancerous lesions, and the new technology will generate more precise images. Having accurate borders will enable the...Read more

Health Management

Medical-fusion-imaging-paving-the-way-for-better-diagnosis-of-tumours

2014 08 Mar

Author Raghumaran Madanagopal Healthcare Research Analyst Frost & Sullivan   Medical imaging involves creating images of the human body to assist medical practitioners in effective clinical diagnosis. A number of imaging techniques have been developed over time that not only help in anatomical diagnosis, but also...Read more

Health Management

Evaluation-of-medical-teleconference-setups-telemedicine-in-the-euroregion-pomerania

2013 28 Nov

Authors Dr. Mark-Christopher Spoerl (left photo) Dr . Christian Rosenberg (right photo) Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany [email protected]   Kristin Kroos (left photo)...Read more