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Curato implements Sectra MicroDose Mammography at three clinics

The Norwegian company Curato, one of the Nordic region's largest companies in the area of radiology examinations, has now fully implemented Sectra's digital mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography, at three of their mammography clinics.

12 Apr 2010

Computer-Assisted Robotic Total Knee Replacements better than conventional techniques

A study of 1,000 consecutive Computer-Assisted Robotic Total Knee Replacements performed over a five year period at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, NY demonstrates that the computer-assisted procedures result in far better leg alignment, much less likelihood of complicating infection, and a far lower early failure rate than surgeries performed using conventional techniques.

12 Apr 2010

Study compares preoperative and postoperative CRT to surgery alone in ESCC patients

Esophagectomy is a standard treatment for resectable esophageal carcinoma but relatively few patients are cured. Combined neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) or adjuvant CRT with surgery may improve survival but there is concern about treatment morbidity and the best sequencing of CRT and surgery.

12 Apr 2010

Internet-based CBT as effective as group therapy for treating panic disorder

Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) via the internet is just as effective in treating panic disorder (recurring panic attacks) as traditional group-based CBT. It is also efficacious in the treatment of mild and moderate depression. This according to a new doctoral thesis soon to be presented at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet.

12 Apr 2010

Modified ESD procedure can remove large ileal lipoma: Research article

Lipoma is relatively common in the colon but is less often in the small intestine. Most lipomas are incidentally detected at endoscopy and are usually small and asymptomatic. However, some of them can present with obstruction and/or intussusceptions. Surgical resection is commonly recommended to remove such significant lipomas with a limited pedicle and larger than 2 cm in size, as endoscopic resection may result in unfavorable complications such as intestinal perforations.

12 Apr 2010

Patients with end-stage cancer do not benefit from palliative radiotherapy: CANCER

A new analysis has found that a considerable proportion of patients with end-stage or terminal cancer do not benefit from palliative radiation therapy despite spending most of their remaining life undergoing treatments. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that greater efforts are needed to tailor appropriately palliative radiotherapy to patients with end-stage cancer.

12 Apr 2010

Renal specialist says Dr Patel’s patient was too frail for surgery

In the ongoing trial of Dr Jayant Patel, Dr Peter Miach, a renal specialist, gave evidence before the Supreme Court in Brisbane. Dr Miach said the patient James Phillips had too many other problems and he would not have recommended surgery for him in his frail state.

12 Apr 2010

OptiMedica releases new details on femtosecond laser system for cataract surgery

OptiMedica Corp., a global ophthalmic device company, has released new details regarding the development of its proprietary femtosecond laser system for cataract surgery. The new system, which combines OptiMedica's breakthrough pattern scanning technology, an ultra-fast laser and integrated Optical Coherence Tomography imaging, is designed to dramatically improve the complex cataract procedure by replacing its most technically demanding and manual steps.

12 Apr 2010

Study suggests new ways to improve anti-cancer chemotherapies

A study released this week suggests that anti-cancer chemotherapies which use nanoparticles to deliver drugs deep inside tumor tissue will be more effective if the particles are positively electrically charged because they are taken up to a greater extent by proliferating cells, according to a team of chemists and chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

12 Apr 2010

BIBA Research's TAVI report to be released

BIBA Research, the UK-based market research specialists for the medical technology industry, announced today that the latest findings from their Transcatheter Heart Valve report will be released on 26 April. The report covers the data period January-March 2010 and is part of BIBA Research's long-established European Cardiovascular Monitor.

9 Apr 2010

Cordis commences enrollment in safety trial of INCRAFT stent graft system for AAA

Cordis Corporation, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of interventional vascular technologies, announced today that the first patients have been enrolled in the INNOVATION trial, which will assess the safety of a new stent graft system, called INCRAFT™, to treat abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An estimated 27 million people worldwide have abdominal aortic aneurysms.

9 Apr 2010

Magnetic targeting may enhance effectiveness of stem cell therapies for heart injuries

Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute have found in animals that infusing cardiac-derived stem cells with micro-size particles of iron and then using a magnet to guide those stem cells to the area of the heart damaged in a heart attack boosts the heart's retention of those cells and could increase the therapeutic benefit of stem cell therapy for heart disease.

9 Apr 2010

IFN therapy for chronic hepatitis C must be individualized and optimized for efficacy

The efficacy of interferon (IFN) therapy depends on the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype, pretreatment viral load and early viral kinetics. Thus, IFN therapy must be individualized and optimized according to the virological and clinical status of each patient.

9 Apr 2010

Idaho man fourth in country to receive Levacor- VAD implant

After receiving only the fourth U.S. implant of a new-generation, Utah-made ventricular assist (VAD ) device, an Idaho man with heart failure is looking forward to resuming an active life following an operation on March 17 at University of Utah Hospital.

9 Apr 2010

Dangerous agitations: Nicotine replacement therapy needs to be tested in ICU setting

Nicotine withdrawal can cause dangerous agitation in intensive care patients. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care found that, compared to non-smokers, agitated smokers were more likely to accidentally remove tubes and catheters, require supplemental sedative, analgesic or anti-psychotic medications, or need physical restraints.

9 Apr 2010

Russia's first implant of SynCardia temporary CardioWest Total Artificial Heart performed on 60-year-old female

On March 23, the Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery (BSCCS) in Moscow performed Russia's first implant of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart. The patient, a 60-year-old female suffering from biventricular heart failure, is the world's 850th recipient of the Total Artificial Heart.

9 Apr 2010

ReVision Optics initiates US clinical trial of PresbyLens corneal inlay

ReVision Optics, a leading company in the research, development and manufacture of custom optical products to correct and maintain vision, announced today that it has begun its US clinical trial of the PresbyLens® corneal inlay. The clinical trial will evaluate the PresbyLens® corneal inlay for the correction of presbyopia, the age-related loss of near vision. The study began on April 6th with the treatment of three subjects by clinical investigator Dr. Stephen Slade of the Slade & Baker Vision Center in Houston, Texas.

9 Apr 2010

Combining antiangiogenic cancer therapy with oncolytic virotherapy leads to regression of tumors

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. announced today that a paper entitled "Antiangiogenic cancer therapy combined with oncolytic virotherapy leads to regression of established tumors in mice," co-senior authored by Dr. Richard Vile of the Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, and Dr. Kevin Harrington of the Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK, was published in the online version of the Journal of Clinical Investigation on April 1, 2010.

8 Apr 2010

Saint Mary's and Sierra Neurosurgery Group partner to create Nevada's first Brain Tumor Center

Saint Mary's and Sierra Neurosurgery Group have partnered to create the region's first Brain Tumor Center in an effort to speed up the time between diagnosis and treatment.

8 Apr 2010

First proton therapy center for New Jersey

Cancer survivors joined representatives from ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc., Princeton Radiation Oncology, and CentraState Healthcare System to break ground on the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Somerset - the first proton therapy center to be built in the state, located 40 miles from downtown Manhattan.

8 Apr 2010

Medical Procedure News

Curato implements Sectra MicroDose Mammography at three clinics

Computer-Assisted Robotic Total Knee Replacements better than conventional techniques

Study compares preoperative and postoperative CRT to surgery alone in ESCC patients

Internet-based CBT as effective as group therapy for treating panic disorder

Modified ESD procedure can remove large ileal lipoma: Research article

Patients with end-stage cancer do not benefit from palliative radiotherapy: CANCER

Renal specialist says Dr Patel’s patient was too frail for surgery

OptiMedica releases new details on femtosecond laser system for cataract surgery

Study suggests new ways to improve anti-cancer chemotherapies

BIBA Research's TAVI report to be released

Cordis commences enrollment in safety trial of INCRAFT stent graft system for AAA

Magnetic targeting may enhance effectiveness of stem cell therapies for heart injuries

IFN therapy for chronic hepatitis C must be individualized and optimized for efficacy

Idaho man fourth in country to receive Levacor- VAD implant

Dangerous agitations: Nicotine replacement therapy needs to be tested in ICU setting

Russia's first implant of SynCardia temporary CardioWest Total Artificial Heart performed on 60-year-old female

ReVision Optics initiates US clinical trial of PresbyLens corneal inlay

Combining antiangiogenic cancer therapy with oncolytic virotherapy leads to regression of tumors

Saint Mary's and Sierra Neurosurgery Group partner to create Nevada's first Brain Tumor Center

First proton therapy center for New Jersey

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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