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Simple process could enhance personalization of cancer therapy

Researchers have developed a simplified process that could enhance personalization of cancer therapy based on a single nuclear medicine scan.

12 Aug 2020

Study may help optimize materials used in implants, enhance their safety

Using highly complex analytical techniques, a group of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin were able to observe in detail how different metals are released from joint implants and accumulate in the surrounding bone tissue.

11 Aug 2020

Clot perviousness associated with first-attempt success in patients treated with aspiration thrombectomy

In certain patients suffering a severe ischemic stroke, a mechanical device can be used to remove a clot blocking blood flow to the brain.

11 Aug 2020

First clinical trial could become an effective way to deliver chemotherapy to abdominal cancer patients

City of Hope surgical researchers are the first in the nation to open a clinical trial that could one day become an effective way to deliver chemotherapy to abdominal cancer patients who currently have very few treatment options.

11 Aug 2020

Study highlights the importance of skilled professionals in medical imaging and radiation therapy

I went into the MRI bracing for the wave of panic I knew would come as soon as I was strapped down and inside the machine.

11 Aug 2020

Researchers discover dose threshold that improves delivery of cancer-fighting drugs into a tumor

University of Toronto Engineering researchers have discovered a dose threshold that greatly increases the delivery of cancer-fighting drugs into a tumor.

11 Aug 2020

TAU researchers reduce colorectal cancer metastases after tumor removal surgery

A research group from Tel Aviv University successfully reduced metastatic spread following tumor removal surgery in colorectal cancer patients.

10 Aug 2020

Researchers use patient-specific tumor organoid to optimize chemotherapy for appendix, colon tumors

A patient-specific tumor organoid model is being used to identify the most effective chemotherapy protocol to treat appendix and colon tumors, a personalized medicine approach that is showing promise.

7 Aug 2020

DCIS surgical delays do not impact overall survival, shows study

Beginning in March, as COVID-19 cases surged in various states in the U.S., the COVID-19 Pandemic Breast Cancer Consortium released recommendations that operations for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) be deferred due to the pandemic.

7 Aug 2020

4D OCT can provide unprecedented information about embryonic heart development

How a valveless embryonic heart tube pumps blood is a long-standing scientific mystery. Thanks to innovations in light-based technology, fresh insights are now available into the biomechanics of mammalian cardiogenesis - and in particular, the pumping dynamics of the mammalian tubular embryonic heart.

7 Aug 2020

Study shows lasting benefits of bone-anchored leg prostheses

After above-knee amputation, there is the option of a prosthesis that is placed directly in the thigh bone (osseointegration).

6 Aug 2020

COVID-19 in pregnancy - premature birth common

A new study conducted by researchers at Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea, suggests that while having coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during pregnancy has little effect on fetal or neonatal mortality, it can be associated with premature birth and sometimes severe outcomes for mother and baby, including death.

6 Aug 2020

Chemotherapy not commonly used when treating adults with localized sarcoma

UCLA researchers have found that chemotherapy is not commonly used when treating adults with localized sarcoma, a rare type of cancer of the soft tissues or bone.

6 Aug 2020

Surgical delay does not lower overall survival of women with early-stage breast cancer

A new breast cancer study brings reassuring findings for women with early-stage breast cancer who were forced to delay their cancer operations because of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

6 Aug 2020

GlobalData: COVID-19 will have negative impact on elective cardiovascular procedures in Australia

The number of cardiovascular procedures performed in Australia is expected to go down in 2020 compared to 2019 due to the COVID-19.

6 Aug 2020

Study finds predictive factors for laser treatment success in patients with glaucoma

More than 70 million people worldwide suffer from glaucoma, a condition that causes a build-up of fluid and pressure inside the eye and can eventually lead to blindness.

5 Aug 2020

Surgery for acute cholecystitis during pregnancy may be safer than postponing

Painful gallstones are common during pregnancy. The pain can be intense, coming on suddenly, increasing and often radiating to the back.

5 Aug 2020

Treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms substantially reduces mortality rates

Mortality rates after treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms have substantially decreased in the past decade, according to new findings presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 17th Annual Meeting.

5 Aug 2020

Osteopore announces success of its 3D-printed PCL bone implant in cranioplasty procedure

Osteopore International Pte Ltd, a Singapore-headquartered company leading the way in regenerative bone implants, is proud to announce the success of its technology in a new medical procedure that took place in Brisbane, Australia, in December last year.

5 Aug 2020

TAVR market shows hopeful signs of resiliency, says GlobalData

“Following Edwards Lifesciences’ announcement of an expected 5% growth for its transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) business, GlobalData observes hopeful signs of resiliency in the TAVR market.

31 Jul 2020

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Simple process could enhance personalization of cancer therapy

Study may help optimize materials used in implants, enhance their safety

Clot perviousness associated with first-attempt success in patients treated with aspiration thrombectomy

First clinical trial could become an effective way to deliver chemotherapy to abdominal cancer patients

Study highlights the importance of skilled professionals in medical imaging and radiation therapy

Researchers discover dose threshold that improves delivery of cancer-fighting drugs into a tumor

TAU researchers reduce colorectal cancer metastases after tumor removal surgery

Researchers use patient-specific tumor organoid to optimize chemotherapy for appendix, colon tumors

DCIS surgical delays do not impact overall survival, shows study

4D OCT can provide unprecedented information about embryonic heart development

Study shows lasting benefits of bone-anchored leg prostheses

COVID-19 in pregnancy - premature birth common

Chemotherapy not commonly used when treating adults with localized sarcoma

Surgical delay does not lower overall survival of women with early-stage breast cancer

GlobalData: COVID-19 will have negative impact on elective cardiovascular procedures in Australia

Study finds predictive factors for laser treatment success in patients with glaucoma

Surgery for acute cholecystitis during pregnancy may be safer than postponing

Treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms substantially reduces mortality rates

Osteopore announces success of its 3D-printed PCL bone implant in cranioplasty procedure

TAVR market shows hopeful signs of resiliency, says GlobalData

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How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

The importance of ketones from a clinical and medical perspective

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