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10/30/2008

Leistungsvergleich von Brustzentren zum Vorteil der Patienten

Verfahren zur Qualitätssicherung aus der Wirtschaft lassen sich auch auf den medizinischen Bereich übertragen. Zu diesem Schluss kommen Mediziner um Professor Diethelm …

10/28/2008

Aggressive Formen des Mammakarzinoms gezielt behandeln

Neue Untersuchungsmethoden ermöglichen es dem Pathologen, besonders aggressive und gefährliche Vertreter des Mammakarzinoms zu erkennen. Das Ziel sind individualisierte …

10/21/2008

Core needle beast biopsies safe for patients taking blood thinners

It is safe to take anticoagulants before core needle breast biopsies, according to a study performed at the Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic in Rochester, NY. …

10/21/2008

Prostate cancer: Urine test instead of biopsy?

Currently, early detection of Prostate Cancer depends on an abnormal digital rectal examination and an elevated prostate-specific-antigen (PSA) level requiring a prostate biopsy, …

10/21/2008

In vivo biopsy for histological analysis

Early suspicions of cancer, either from clinical evidence or medical imaging, are often followed up on biopsy. However, the removal of tissue for histological analysis can be …

10/14/2008

Radiofrequency Ablation: Minimally invasive and flexible

Tumour ablation - and Radiofrequency (RF) ablation in particular - is getting more and more important in oncology. The therapy option offers benefits in terms of costs, ease of …

10/08/2008

Better treatment by computer-based decisions?

The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will fund a new project to develop four computer-based decision-tools that will help clinicians and patients answering …

10/07/2008

CAD boosts single readers

Double reading is better than single reading - at least for the detection of small breast cancer. But a software could boost one readers functionality. UK-researchers found out …

10/06/2008

European researchers awarded for viral discoveries

German scientist Harald zur Hausen showed that oncogenic human papilloma virus (HPV) cause cervical cancer, the second most common cancer among women. Françoise …

09/24/2008

Better images for X-ray mammography with new tool

Fighting breast cancer is always a race against time - early detection of breast carcinoma an essential condition for cure. Now Scientists from Finland, Germany and France …

09/18/2008

Behandlung kann wiederholt werden

Lange Zeit galt: Eine Strahlentherapie - fester Bestandteil der Behandlung vieler Krebsleiden - kann nicht wiederholt werden. Dieser generelle Ausschluss ist nach …

09/11/2008

A new imaging system for cancer

Accurate diagnostic analysis and staging of cancer of the bile duct still remains a challenge. According to a new study from Germany a new imaging system called Cellvizio allows …

09/09/2008

Vulvar cancer: a hidden disease

Vulvar cancer is the fourth most common cancer of the female genital tract. In 2008, roughly 3,460 cases of vulvar cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and about 870 will …

09/09/2008

Breast cancer: new method is more effective than mammography in women with dense breasts

“Molecular breast imaging” (MBI), a new scintigraphy method developed by US researchers, might improve early detection of breast cancer in women with dense breasts. The …

09/05/2008

Arsenic pollution causes health disaster

Over 70 million people in Southern Asia ingest involuntary arsenic through the groundwater. Arsenic poisoning is the reason for many instances of ill-health, including a rising …

09/05/2008

PET scans save colorectal cancer patients' lives

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers to cause death. A PET scan improves prognosis and changes management of recurrent colorectal cancer in more than half of …

09/01/2008

Robot-assisted prostatectomy in practical use

At the Medizin Innovativ 2008 congress (9-10 July, Nuremburg, Germany) Professor Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg MD (right), Director of the Urology Clinic and Polyclinic at the University …

08/28/2008

Cancer patients are not informed enough

Two thirds of cancer patients receive little or no information about the survival benefits of having palliative chemotherapy before making a decision about treatment, according to …

08/27/2008

Drug might protect against tumour recurrence

Tumour cells can migrate, sometimes also during a surgery to remove the tumour. US researchers recently found, that perioperative treatment with a drug known as colchicine might …

08/26/2008

Good prospects for drug/radiation combo

It was a mistery: Why didn't drugs which boost the tumor-killing power of immune cells in lab do well in clincal trials? Now researchers from Rockefeller University describe a way …

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