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Stored blood transfusion 'safe' after heart surgery
10/20/2015
Despite previous conflicting studies, new research finds that use of stored blood for transfusions after heart surgery is safe and does not influence patient outcomes.
Implementing a clinical pathway to help radiation oncologists determine the right course of palliative care for patients with cancer that has spread to their bones can standardize practice patterns...
Biomarker finder adjusts on the fly
10/20/2015
A Rice University laboratory has developed a continuously tunable method to find and quantify DNA and RNA biomarkers.
Powerful plastic microscope brings better diagnostic care for world's rural poor
10/20/2015
Funded through a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation challenge grant, Rice University researchers have developed an inexpensive point-of-care device to examine blood smears and better diagnose...
New guidelines for breast cancer screening age
10/20/2015
The ACS have issued new breast cancer screening guidelines, starting with optional screening from 40, and including annual screening from 45-54 years.
Annual vs. biennial mammography and breast tumor prognostic characteristics
10/20/2015
Premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer following a biennial screening mammogram were more likely to have bigger more advanced tumors than women screened annually, while postmenopausal...
Although some studies have suggested that transfusion of stored red blood cell (RBC) concentrates may be harmful, as blood undergoes several physiological changes during storage, an analysis of...
24 months of ATT improves survival for men with cancer recurrence after prostatectomy
10/20/2015
The randomized NRG oncology RTOG 9601 protocol reports that men with prostate cancer who have a PSA recurrence following radical prostatectomy have improved survival with the addition to salvage...
For low-risk prostate cancer a shortened RT schedule has similar benefit
10/20/2015
The treatment of men with low-risk prostate cancer using a shortened radiotherapy schedule has similar efficacy as treatment with the longer conventional radiotherapy scheduleOf the more than...
Revolutionary microscopic imaging technology reveals origins of leukaemia
10/20/2015
Scientists have taken advantage of revolutionary developments in microscopic imaging to reveal the origins of leukaemia.