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Low-dose spiral CT scan can decrease mortality from lung cancer

Current or heavy smokers who were screened with low-dose spiral computed tomography (CT) scanning had a 20 percent reduction in deaths from lung cancer than did those who were screened by chest X-ray, according to results from a decade-long, large clinical trial that involved more than 53,000 people.

1 Jul 2011

Lantheus commences flurpiridaz F 18 PET MPI Phase 3 trial for detection of coronary artery disease

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic imaging, today announced the initiation of the first of two Phase 3 clinical trials to assess myocardial perfusion using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging with flurpiridaz F 18 in patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease (CAD).

1 Jul 2011

Study confirms benefits of low-dose spiral CT scans for lung cancer detection

The New England Journal of Medicine's (NEJM) headline today read, "Reduced Lung Cancer Mortality with Low-Dose Computed Tomographic CT Screening," ending a long controversy over the use of an existing but underutilized early detection tool for those at risk for Lung Cancer. Preliminary results of the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) were first released on November 4, 2010 and confirmed today.

30 Jun 2011

NLST: CT screening reduces lung cancer specific mortality by 20%

Current and former heavy smokers can now be screened more effectively for lung cancer. Results from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) revealed that detecting small lung cancers with computed tomography (CT) reduces lung cancer specific mortality by 20 percent.

30 Jun 2011

Molecular radiotherapy offers hope for children with neuroblastoma

A new treatment option may soon be available for children with neuroblastoma according to research published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

30 Jun 2011

Children with head trauma after normal CT scans do not require neurosurgical intervention

A large, national multi-center study of thousands of children taken to emergency departments with minor blunt head trauma has found that most of those with normal computed tomography (CT) scans do not require hospitalization for further observation.

17 Jun 2011

U-M International Center for Automotive Medicine announces new collaborative research

The University of Michigan International Center for Automotive medicine this week marked the beginning of new capabilities and new collaborative research combining trauma medicine, state-of-the-art computer analysis and automotive engineering.

10 Jun 2011

Consumption of moderately reduced carbohydrate diet can help reduce total body fat

A modest reduction in consumption of carbohydrate foods may promote loss of deep belly fat, even with little or no change in weight, a new study finds. Presentation of the study results will be Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston.

6 Jun 2011

$Stem cell transplant may help promote bone fracture healing$

Stem cell transplant may help promote bone fracture healing

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown in an animal study that transplantation of adult stem cells enriched with a bone-regenerating hormone can help mend bone fractures that are not healing properly.

6 Jun 2011

Moderately reduced carbohydrate diet may promote loss of deep belly fat

6 Jun 2011

Incyte's ruxolitinib Phase III trial data on myelofibrosis presented at ASCO 2011

Incyte Corporation announced today results from the global, pivotal Phase III clinical program of ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis (MF) at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

6 Jun 2011

Nonmenstruating female athletes have abnormal bone structure: Study

Young female athletes who have stopped menstruating have a weakening in the quality of their bone structure that may predispose them to breaking a bone, despite getting plenty of weight-bearing exercise, a new study finds. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston.

6 Jun 2011

Ipilimumab and bevacizumab drugs effective in treating metatastic melanoma

A duo of drugs, each targeting a prime survival strategy of tumors, can be safely administered and are potentially more effective than either drug alone for advanced, inoperable melanomas, according to a phase 1 clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators.

4 Jun 2011

Adipose-derived stem cell procedure restores skull defects after brain surgery

Stem cells derived from abdominal fat—used along with a synthetic bone grafting material—are a potentially valuable new approach to repairing skull defects after brain surgery, according to a study in the June issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

2 Jun 2011

DTU purchases T-Ray 4000 system from Picometrix for terahertz time-domain studies

Advanced Photonix, Inc. today announced that the Lyngby campus of The Technical University of Denmark has purchased a T-Ray 4000 from its wholly-owned subsidiary, Picometrix, for terahertz time-domain studies.

24 May 2011

CT scan may help determine early death in individuals with diabetes

New findings out of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center reveal that a common test may be useful in predicting early death in individuals with diabetes.

23 May 2011

New image-processing software allows significant radiation dose reduction

A reduction by half in the radiation dose to which cardiac patients are exposed during diagnostic perfusion imaging is now "feasible", according to an Israeli study.

18 May 2011

Phase 2 trial data of PET myocardial perfusion imaging with flurpiridaz F 18 presented at ICNC10

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic imaging, today announced data from a Phase 2 clinical trial that demonstrated Positron Emission Tomography myocardial perfusion imaging with flurpiridaz F 18 provided superior image quality, diagnostic certainty and diagnostic performance for detecting coronary artery disease (CAD) compared to single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging, the current standard for the non-invasive detection of CAD.

17 May 2011

Bedside screening tool can help diagnose acute aortic dissection

The most lethal and sudden cardiovascular event can be the toughest for doctors to diagnose. But a study by the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center shows new guidelines are effective for determining who's most likely suffering from an aortic dissection, which is tearing in the lining of the body's largest blood vessel.

16 May 2011

Researchers identify miRNA in blood serum of lung cancer patients

Researchers have identified characteristic patterns of molecules called microRNA in the blood of people with lung cancer that might reveal both the presence and aggressiveness of the disease, and perhaps who is at risk of developing it.

13 May 2011

Computed Tomography News and Research

Low-dose spiral CT scan can decrease mortality from lung cancer

Lantheus commences flurpiridaz F 18 PET MPI Phase 3 trial for detection of coronary artery disease

Study confirms benefits of low-dose spiral CT scans for lung cancer detection

NLST: CT screening reduces lung cancer specific mortality by 20%

Molecular radiotherapy offers hope for children with neuroblastoma

Children with head trauma after normal CT scans do not require neurosurgical intervention

U-M International Center for Automotive Medicine announces new collaborative research

Consumption of moderately reduced carbohydrate diet can help reduce total body fat

Stem cell transplant may help promote bone fracture healing

Moderately reduced carbohydrate diet may promote loss of deep belly fat

Incyte's ruxolitinib Phase III trial data on myelofibrosis presented at ASCO 2011

Nonmenstruating female athletes have abnormal bone structure: Study

Ipilimumab and bevacizumab drugs effective in treating metatastic melanoma

Adipose-derived stem cell procedure restores skull defects after brain surgery

DTU purchases T-Ray 4000 system from Picometrix for terahertz time-domain studies

CT scan may help determine early death in individuals with diabetes

New image-processing software allows significant radiation dose reduction

Phase 2 trial data of PET myocardial perfusion imaging with flurpiridaz F 18 presented at ICNC10

Bedside screening tool can help diagnose acute aortic dissection

Researchers identify miRNA in blood serum of lung cancer patients

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