Medical News on Cancer
Microwaves Offer Safer, Cheaper Detection Of Breast Tumors
Jul 03, 2012
A simple and cost effective imaging device for breast tumor detection based on a flexible and wearable antenna system has been developed by researchers at the Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis... Read More
HPV Infection Increases Risk Of Skin Cancer In Men
Jul 02, 2012
Although sunlight exposure is known to increase the risk of developing skin cancer, researchers have also discovered that people are more likely to develop non-melanoma skin cancers, such as basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), if they have antibodies for cutaneous types of human papillomavirus (HPV)... Read More
Lungs Hold 50% Of Inhaled Diesel Soot
Jul 02, 2012
Diesel-powered vehicles, coal-driven power stations, and wood fires all produce small particles of soot that are released into the atmosphere, which pollute the air and affect the climate, but they also present a danger to human health... Read More
Study Identifies Pathway To Enhance Usefulness Of EGFR Inhibitors In Lung Cancer Treatment
Jul 02, 2012
Many lung cancers are driven by mutations in the epidermal growth-factor receptor (EGFR), and so it makes sense that many successful modern treatments block EGFR activity. Unfortunately, cancers inevitably evolve around EGFR inhibition, and patients with lung cancers eventually relapse... Read More
Medicare Concerns About Paying For CT Colonography Resolved By Study
Jul 02, 2012
A new study of 1,400 Medicare-aged patients reinforces CT colonography as a screening tool for colon cancer, adding to the continued debate over Medicare coverage of the procedure. In 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services indicated that CT colonography would not be covered, in part, because outcomes data specific to the Medicare population was not available... Read More
Women With Noninvasive Breast Cancer Benefit From Accelerated Radiation Treatment
Jul 02, 2012
Accelerated whole breast irradiation after lumpectomy is an effective treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a very common early stage and noninvasive form of breast cancer, meaning many more breast cancer patients could see their treatment times reduced by half, according to a study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, the official scient... Read More
The Immune System During Sepsis
Jul 02, 2012
Septic shock is the most severe outcome associated with pathogen infection in the bloodstream. It is a life-threatening condition invariably leading to multiple organ dysfunctions. Currently, septic shock is one of the most frequent causes of death in intensive care units worldwide... Read More
Lung Diseases Leading Cause Of Death, Most People Don't Know
Jul 01, 2012
Despite lung disease killing 4 million people every year, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) revealed alarming data showing that most people are ignorant about lung disease, which kills more people than any other disease worldwide. The data was released to coincide with World Spirometry Day... Read More
Intravenous Oxygen Injection For Patients Who Cannot Breathe
Jul 01, 2012
An injection that delivers oxygen directly into the bloodstream for patients who cannot breathe has been invented by scientists at Boston Children's Hospital, according a report published in Science Translational Medicine... Read More
Warfarin Patients Who Have A Stroke - Outcomes With Anti-Clotting Agents
Jun 29, 2012
A study in the June 27 edition of JAMA reports that patients treated with warfarin (with an INR 1.7 or less) who had an acute ischemic stroke were not linked to a higher risk of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage when using intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) compared with patients who were not treated with warfarin as standard treatment... Read More
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