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Prostate Cancer Patient Receives First Treatment Using Latest Version Of Vitesse Real-Time Brachytherapy Planning System From Varian Medical Systems
Apr 19, 2013
A prostate cancer patient has become the first person in the world to be treated using the latest version of Varian's Vitesse™ real time planning solution for planning and performing advanced high-dose-rate (HDR), ultrasound-guided brachytherapy treatments. The treatment took place at the Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina... Read More
The Important Role Of The Reproductive Tract In Successful Ovulation And Fertilization
Apr 19, 2013
Eggs take a long time to produce in the ovary, and thus are one of a body's precious resources. It has been theorized that the body has mechanisms to help the ovary ensure that ovulated eggs enter the reproductive tract at the right time in order to maximize the chance of successful fertilization... Read More
Disabling Major Pro-Survival Proteins In Leukemia, Combination Therapy Also Helps To Unleash Several Additional Proteins That Promote Apoptosis
Apr 19, 2013
A new, pre-clinical study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center suggests that a novel drug combination could lead to profound leukemia cell death by disrupting the function of two major pro-survival proteins... Read More
Prevention Hope For Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Apr 19, 2013
Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan have reported that they have identified a compound that could be used as a new treatment to prevent relapse in acute myeloid leukemia patients. In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, they show that this compound reduces the risk of relapse in a mouse model of the human disease... Read More
Study Finds Some Minorities Believe They Are Less Likely To Get Cancer Compared To Whites
Apr 19, 2013
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues analyzed national data to investigate the differences in cancer prevention beliefs by race and ethnicity. They found that minorities, including blacks, Asians and Hispanics, have differing beliefs about cancer prevention and feel they are less likely to get cancer than did whites... Read More
Winner Of Crowd-Sourced Breast Cancer Prognosis Challenge Offers Hope For Improved Diagnosis And Prognosis In All Cancers
Apr 19, 2013
Columbia Engineering researchers, led by Dimitris Anastassiou, Charles Batchelor Professor in Electrical Engineering and member of the Columbia Initiative in Systems Biology, have developed a new computational model that is highly predictive of breast cancer survival... Read More
Potential Survival Predictor For Some Metastatic Melanoma Patients: CT And Serum LDH
Apr 19, 2013
Combining CT imaging findings with baseline serum lactate dehydrogenase levels is showing promise as a way to predict survival in patients with metastatic melanoma being treated with anti-angiogenic therapy... Read More
Size Of Lesions Seen On Chest CT Images Affected By Radiation Dose Level
Apr 19, 2013
The estimated size of chest lymph nodes and lung nodules seen on CT images varies significantly when the same nodes or nodules are examined using lower versus higher doses of radiation, a new study shows. The size of lymph nodes and lung nodules is an important determinant of treatment and treatment success... Read More
84 Percent Of Lung Cancer Patients Taking Crizotinib Found To Have Low Testosterone
Apr 19, 2013
A previous study by the University of Colorado Cancer Center reported the common side effect of low testosterone in men treated with the recently approved lung cancer agent, crizotinib... Read More
Genital Wart Rate In Young Women Plummets Thanks To HPV Vaccine, Claim Researchers
Apr 19, 2013
Significant benefit also seen in men The proportion of young women diagnosed with genital warts in Australia has seen a significant decline thanks to the HPV vaccine, suggests a paper published today on bmj.com... Read More
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