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Study suggests thyroid ultrasound imaging may be useful to reduce biopsies in patients with low risk of cancer
Aug 29, 2013
Thyroid ultrasound imaging could be used to identify patients who have a low risk of cancer for whom biopsy could be postponed, according to a study by Rebecca Smith-Bindman, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues... Read More
Zealous imaging is fuelling unnecessary and harmful treatment of low risk thyroid cancers, warn experts
Aug 29, 2013
New imaging techniques are fuelling an epidemic in diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancers that are unlikely to ever progress to cause symptoms or death, warn experts on bmj.com. New technologies such as ultrasound, CT and MRI scanning can detect thyroid nodules as small as 2mm - many of these small nodules are papillary thyroid cancers... Read More
Terminology used to describe preinvasive breast cancer may affect patients' treatment preferences
Aug 29, 2013
When ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS, a preinvasive malignancy of the breast) is described as a high-risk condition rather than cancer, more women report that they would opt for nonsurgical treatments, according to a research letter by Zehra B. Omer, B.A., of Massachusetts General Hospital - Institute for Technology Assessment, Boston, and colleagues... Read More
Gynecologic surgery patients benefit from enhanced recovery pathway
Aug 29, 2013
Patients who had complex gynecologic surgery managed by an enhanced recovery pathway (ERP) resulted in decreased narcotic use, earlier discharge, stable readmission rates, excellent patient satisfaction and cost savings, according to a Mayo Clinic study. The findings are published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology... Read More
Microarray-based gene expression profiling reveals 3 subtypes of gastric cancer
Aug 29, 2013
Stomach cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide, actually falls into three broad subtypes that respond differently to currently available therapies, according to researchers at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore... Read More
Gynecologic surgery patients benefit from enhanced recovery pathway
Aug 29, 2013
Patients who had complex gynecologic surgery managed by an enhanced recovery pathway (ERP) resulted in decreased narcotic use, earlier discharge, stable readmission rates, excellent patient satisfaction and cost savings, according to a Mayo Clinic study. The findings are published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology... Read More
Skin cancer an increased risk for recipients of donor kidneys
Aug 29, 2013
Patients that receive kidney transplants have an increased risk of an invasive form of skin cancer. It is unclear if donor tissue contributes to cancer formation. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Philippe Ratajczak and colleagues at INSERM demonstrate that donor tissue can lead to cancer formation in transplant recipients... Read More
Halting the development of leukemia cells, demonstrating the potential viability of RUNX1 as a therapeutic target
Aug 29, 2013
New research in the Journal of Clinical Investigation suggests that blocking a protein normally credited with suppressing leukemia may be a promising therapeutic strategy for an aggressive form of the disease called acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center report their results in a study posted online by the journal... Read More
For colorectal cancer patients at VA, wait times up 78 percent
Aug 29, 2013
A study published in the August print issue of the Journal of Oncology Practice shows that from 1998-2008, wait times for colorectal cancer operations at Veterans Administration hospitals increased from 19 to 32 days. But researchers think longer waits may be a reflection of several unmeasured variables including more careful care, staffing, and patient conditions or preferences... Read More
Some stem cells are more susceptible to cancer than others
Aug 29, 2013
Cells in the body wear down over time and die. In many organs, like the small intestine, adult stem cells play a vital role in maintaining function by replacing old cells with new ones. Learning about the nature of tissue stem cells can help scientists understand exactly how our organs are built, and why some organs generate cancer frequently, but others only rarely... Read More
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