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CT-derived SULps can improve accuracy of PET imaging in advanced cancer patients

Cancer patients often experience significant fluctuations in weight and lean body mass (LBM). Neglecting to account for these changes can prevent clinicians from obtaining precise data from molecular imaging, but a new method of measuring LBM takes changes in individual body composition into account for better staging of disease and therapy monitoring, say researchers at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

15 Jun 2016

Molecular imaging technique could help optimize radiotherapy dose to combat NETs

Aggressive neuroendocrine cancer is something of a dark horse--a rare, elusive and persevering force linked to discouraging long-term survival rates.

14 Jun 2016

Genetic blood test can help predict patient’s respone to neuroendocrine cancer therapy

Malignant neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are relatively rare, notoriously difficult to treat, and associated with poor long-term survival. According to research presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, an investigative blood test could predict how patients will respond to peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) before they commit to a course of treatment.

14 Jun 2016

PET/CT imaging technique may provide way to break perpetual cycle of alcohol abuse

Alcoholism is a devastating disorder that too often leads to a perpetual cycle of abuse. An emerging molecular imaging technique may provide a way to break that cycle.

14 Jun 2016

High-quality palliative care can help offset severe anxiety symptoms in terminal cancer patients

A new study out of Chang Gung University School of Nursing in Taiwan suggests that people with cancer experience severe anxiety toward end of life, not solely due to proximity to death, but rather to factors related to psychosocial issues and disease burden.

13 Jun 2016

NCCN educational resources provide insight for patients with Mycosis Fungoides

Mycosis Fungoides is a very rare form of lymphoma affecting approximately 1,000 people per year in the United States.

13 Jun 2016

Diabetes-heart disease combination can increase death risk

The combination of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease can be deadly. New research from a global study led by a physician from UConn Health has found that patients with Type 2 diabetes admitted into the hospital for congestive heart failure face a one in four chance of dying over the next 18 months.

13 Jun 2016

Advanced imaging technique helps predict recovery in concussion patients

Using an advanced imaging technique, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System were able to predict which patients who'd recently suffered concussions were likely to fully recover.

10 Jun 2016

Antibody-positive patients treated with infliximab less likely to benefit from infliximab biosimilar

The results of a study presented today at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress showed that when antibodies develop in response to the biological treatment Remicade (infliximab), they also cross-react with the biosimilar of infliximab (CT-P13: Inflectra or Remsima).

10 Jun 2016

Simple breath test shows promise in identifying lung cancer recurrence after surgery

A single breath may be all it takes to identify the return of lung cancer after surgery, according to a study posted online today by The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

9 Jun 2016

NMR-based metabolomics: an interview with Prof. Claudio Luchinat

Professor Claudio Luchinat, University of Florence and co-founder of the Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), speaks to News-Medical about his research in NMR-based metabolomics.

From Bruker BioSpin Division 9 Jun 2016

Transplantation of hpNSCs into non-human primates modeled with PD promotes behavioral recovery

A multi-center team of researchers in the U.S. testing the potential of cell therapy for treating Parkinson's disease (PD) has found that grafting human parthenogenetic stem cell-derived neural stem cells (hpNSCs) into non-human primates modeled with PD promoted behavioral recovery, increased dopamine concentrations in the brain, and induced the expression of beneficial genes and pathways when compared to control animals not transplanted with stem cells.

9 Jun 2016

Simple blood test can help track rising levels of eosinophils linked to regrowth of sinus polyps

In an effort to identify a simple, reliable way to track the course of nasal polyps in chronic sinus disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they've linked rising levels of immune system white blood cells, called eosinophils, with regrowth of polyps removed by surgery.

9 Jun 2016

NaF-PET/CT scans can accurately detect bone metastases in advanced prostate cancer patients

A recent pilot study reported in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine found that sodium fluoride (Na-F-18) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (NaF-PET/CT) accurately detects bone metastases in patients with advanced prostate cancer, and follow-up scans over time correlate clearly with clinical outcomes and patient survival.

8 Jun 2016

Researchers find link between obesity and disease relapse in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma patients

Obesity has been identified as an adverse risk factor for survival in many adult and childhood cancers, but not in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma, the most common cancer in adolescents.

7 Jun 2016

Delivering genetic test results over the phone may help ease cost, burden for at-risk cancer patients

Delivering genetic test results to patients at risk for cancer-causing genetic mutations over the phone helps to ease cost and transportation burdens and, compared to receiving results in person, does not cause patients additional stress, according to a new study from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania which will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.

6 Jun 2016

New research reveals advances that could change gynecologic cancer standard-of-care treatments

Advances that could change gynecologic cancer standard-of-care treatments are the centerpiece of key studies being presented by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

6 Jun 2016

Advanced imaging kit Netspot gets FDA approval to detect rare neuroendocrine tumors

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Netspot, the first kit for the preparation of gallium Ga 68 dotatate injection, a radioactive diagnostic agent for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging.

2 Jun 2016

RSI-MRI imaging technology can effectively differentiate aggressive prostate cancer

Physicians have long used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect cancer but results of a University of California San Diego School of Medicine study describe the potential use of restriction spectrum imaging (RSI) as an imaging biomarker that enhances the ability of MRI to differentiate aggressive prostate cancer from low-grade or benign tumors and guide treatment and biopsy.

2 Jun 2016

Multiple cell and gene therapies can enhance cardiac function in mice modeled with MI

Researchers at the University of Utah compared the therapeutic potential of umbilical cord-derived sub-epithelial cells (UC-SECs), bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) -- all derived from human tissue -- along with genes (S100a1 and SDF-1a) and growth factor (VEGF165) to evaluate how injected biologics might enhance cardiac function in mice modeled with myocardial infarction (MI; commonly referred to as heart attack).

2 Jun 2016

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CT-derived SULps can improve accuracy of PET imaging in advanced cancer patients

Molecular imaging technique could help optimize radiotherapy dose to combat NETs

Genetic blood test can help predict patient’s respone to neuroendocrine cancer therapy

PET/CT imaging technique may provide way to break perpetual cycle of alcohol abuse

High-quality palliative care can help offset severe anxiety symptoms in terminal cancer patients

NCCN educational resources provide insight for patients with Mycosis Fungoides

Diabetes-heart disease combination can increase death risk

Advanced imaging technique helps predict recovery in concussion patients

Antibody-positive patients treated with infliximab less likely to benefit from infliximab biosimilar

Simple breath test shows promise in identifying lung cancer recurrence after surgery

NMR-based metabolomics: an interview with Prof. Claudio Luchinat

Transplantation of hpNSCs into non-human primates modeled with PD promotes behavioral recovery

Simple blood test can help track rising levels of eosinophils linked to regrowth of sinus polyps

NaF-PET/CT scans can accurately detect bone metastases in advanced prostate cancer patients

Researchers find link between obesity and disease relapse in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma patients

Delivering genetic test results over the phone may help ease cost, burden for at-risk cancer patients

New research reveals advances that could change gynecologic cancer standard-of-care treatments

Advanced imaging kit Netspot gets FDA approval to detect rare neuroendocrine tumors

RSI-MRI imaging technology can effectively differentiate aggressive prostate cancer

Multiple cell and gene therapies can enhance cardiac function in mice modeled with MI

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