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New contrast agent spotlights tiny tumors and micrometastases
8/13/2015
Considered a step toward earlier detection and treatmentResearchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent that detects much smaller...
McMaster hematologist identifies different limb loss syndromes
8/13/2015
How people can develop limb gangrene and lose fingers and feet has baffled doctors for centuries.
Among extremely preterm infants, prolonged episodes of hypoxemia (abnormally low levels of oxygen in the blood, which leads to shortness of breath) during the first 2 to 3 months after birth were...
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy linked with liver cancer
8/12/2015
In a new study of more than 125,000 pregnant women in Sweden, researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy found that the risk of hepatobiliary cancer and immune-mediated and cardiovascular diseases later...
Blood vessel 'doorway' lets breast cancer cells spread through blood stream
8/12/2015
Einstein-Montefiore investigators build upon their tumor microenvironment researchUsing real-time, high-resolution imaging, scientists have identified how a "doorway" in the blood vessel wall...
New combination treatment effective against melanoma skin metastases
8/12/2015
In findings never before seen in melanoma, a novel combination therapy was found to be highly effective at treating patients with skin metastases, new research from UC Davis has shown.
Radiation costs vary among Medicare patients with cancer
8/12/2015
Cost of radiation therapy among Medicare patients varied most widely because of factors unrelated to a patient or that person's cancer, report University of California, San Diego School of Medicine...
Tell-tale biomarker detects early breast cancer in NIH-funded study
8/12/2015
Researchers have shown that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect the earliest signs of breast cancer recurrence and fast-growing tumors.
Gene therapy hope for recurrent ovarian cancer patients
8/12/2015
New research suggests gene therapy may improve survival of the 70% of patients with ovarian cancer that recurs after chemotherapy and is invariably fatal.
Researchers identify nerve-guiding protein that aids pancreatic cancer spread
8/11/2015
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified a molecular partnership in pancreatic cancer cells that might help to explain how the disease spreads -- metastasizes -- in some...