Trial results reveal first targeted treatment to boost survival for oesophageal cancer
11/05/2014
Patients with a specific type of oesophageal cancer survived longer when they were given the latest lung cancer drug, according to trial results being presented at the National Cancer Research...
Patients with emergency-diagnosed lung cancer report barriers to seeing their GP
11/05/2014
Many patients whose lung cancer is diagnosed as an emergency in hospital reported difficulties in previously seeing their GP, according to research* presented at the National Cancer Research...
EndoChoice announces new data released supporting efficacy of Fuse® endoscopy system
11/05/2014
EndoChoice® announced the release of study data supporting the efficacy of the Fuse® Full Spectrum Endoscopy System®.
Swallowing a sponge on a string could replace endoscopy as pre-cancer test
11/05/2014
Swallowing a sponge on a string could replace traditional endoscopy as an equally effective but less invasive way of diagnosing a condition that can be a forerunner of oesophageal cancer.
Seno Medical Instruments, Inc., the company pioneering the development of opto-acoustic technology as a new tool to improve the process of diagnosing breast cancer, announced that the use of the...
In a Ugandan trial, misoprostol proves inferior to oxytocin for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage
11/05/2014
Sublingual misoprostol is inferior to intramuscular oxytocin for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in women undergoing uncomplicated birth at a regional hospital in Uganda, according to...
Diagnosing lung cancer before it is detected by imaging
11/05/2014
A team of researchers from Inserm led by Paul Hofman (Inserm Unit 1081/University of Nice) has just made a significant advance in the area of early diagnosis of invasive cancers.
In cancer immunotherapy obesity can be a liability
11/05/2014
Packing on the pounds may lead to dangerous inflammation in response to anti-cancer treatment, according to a study by William Murphy and colleages at UC Davis.
Novel time-reversal technology improves imaging of cancerous tissues
11/05/2014
As a child, it was fascinating to put a flashlight up to our palms to see the light shine through the hand. Washington University in St.
Physics, statistics and genetics come together to reveal cancer's strategies
11/05/2014
Nate Silver and Richard Feynman walk into a bar and bump into a biologist . . .