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New technique enables increasingly accurate PET scan to detect cancer and heart conditions
Oct 14, 2014
A novel technique which reduces image degradation caused by respiratory motion during a PET scan was developed in a recent study at the University of Eastern Finland. Read More
Breast cancer: follow-up crucial for women after treatment
Oct 14, 2014
With Australian breast cancer survival rates at an all-time high, Cancer Australia's Pink Ribbon Breakfast focused on the importance of follow-up care to ensure the 15,000 women diagnosed this year... Read More
Mechanism that repairs brain after stroke discovered
Oct 14, 2014
A previously unknown mechanism through which the brain produces new nerve cells after a stroke has been discovered at Lund University and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Read More
Elevated cholesterol and triglycerides may increase the risk for prostate cancer recurrence
Oct 14, 2014
Higher levels of total cholesterol and triglycerides, two types of fat, in the blood of men who underwent surgery for prostate cancer, were associated with increased risk for disease recurrence... Read More
CNIO researchers associate 2 oncogenes with the aggressiveness and incidence of leukemia in mice
Oct 14, 2014
Proteins regulating cell division determine tumour growth. Ongoing clinical trials are currently studying inhibitors for two of these proteins, Cdk4 and Cdk6, targeting several types of cancer... Read More
LSU Health tumor registry data find Acadiana colon cancer rates among nation's highest
Oct 14, 2014
A special study using data from LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health's Louisiana Tumor Registry has found that colorectal cancer incidence rates in the Louisiana Acadian parishes are... Read More
Researchers develop new cells meant to form blood vessels, treat peripheral artery disease
Oct 14, 2014
Researchers have developed a technique to jump-start the body's systems for creating blood vessels, opening the door for potential new treatments for diseases whose impacts include amputation and... Read More
Hormone loss could be involved in colon cancer
Oct 14, 2014
Some cancers, like breast and prostate cancer, are driven by hormones such as estrogen and testosterone, but to date, there are none that are driven by the lack of a hormone. Read More
Elevated cholesterol and triglycerides may increase the risk for prostate cancer recurrence
Oct 14, 2014
Higher levels of total cholesterol and triglycerides, two types of fat, in the blood of men who underwent surgery for prostate cancer, were associated with increased risk for disease recurrence... Read More
LSU Health tumor registry data find Acadiana colon cancer rates among nation's highest
Oct 14, 2014
A special study using data from LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health's Louisiana Tumor Registry has found that colorectal cancer incidence rates in the Louisiana Acadian parishes are... Read More
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