Patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases benefit from nuclear medicine therapy
11/08/2013
For patients who fail to respond to current first-line and second-line treatments for colorectal cancer liver metastases (also known as salvage patients), radioembolization with Y-90 microspheres could extend survival according to new research published in the November issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine...
Parents can check their kids for retinoblastoma using digital photography
11/08/2013
Can parents use digital cameras and smart phones to potentially screen their children for the most common form of pediatric eye cancer? Baylor University and Harvard Medical School researchers believe so...
Results of an EORTC study published in Cancer point out the prognostic value of baseline recorded health-related quality of life for survival for eleven types of cancer: brain, breast, colorectal, esophageal, head and neck, lung, melanoma, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, and testicular cancer...
Potential new treatment for colorectal cancer
11/08/2013
Researchers from Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have characterized a genetic aberration on a group of colorectal cancer patients. The discovery gives hope for a new and efficient treatment of colorectal cancer, which is a frequent and often fatal disease. The research was recently published in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology...
A women's odds of receiving mammograms, cancer tests, greater if she has US citizenship
11/08/2013
Citizenship, particularly for non-U.S. natives, largely determines a woman's odds of having a mammogram and being screened for cervical and colorectal cancer, according to researchers at Penn State...
High risk of clots for hospitalized pregnant women
11/08/2013
Pregnant women who are admitted to the hospital for reasons other than delivery are at an increased risk of serious blood clots, according to new research published by the BMJ. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is one of the leading causes of maternal death in developed countries, affecting 1-2 pregnancies in every 1,000...
3D holograms of malaria sperm movement 'may stop spread'
11/08/2013
Scientists have a developed a new 3D filming technique that creates moving digital holograms of malaria "sperm," which researchers say have provided "fresh insights" into how the organisms mate. This is according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
First use of optical biopsy with cellvizio® in robotic assisted prostatectomy
11/07/2013
Mauna Kea Technologies (NYSE Euronext: MKEA, FR0010609263) has announced that Joseph C. Liao MD, associate professor of urology, Stanford University, has successfully used endomicroscopy with Cellvizio for the first time in eight patients treated with robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) procedures.
First use of optical biopsy with cellvizio® in robotic assisted prostatectomy
11/07/2013
Mauna Kea Technologies (NYSE Euronext: MKEA, FR0010609263) has announced that Joseph C. Liao MD, associate professor of urology, Stanford University, has successfully used endomicroscopy with Cellvizio for the first time in eight patients treated with robotic assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) procedures...
Cancer mortality is declining in some countries of the Americas
11/07/2013
Deaths from cancer are decreasing in some countries of the Americas and for certain kinds of cancer, while deaths from other cancer types are on the rise in the region, according to a new report from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO)...