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Researchers identify possible imaging method to stratify breast cancer without biopsy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have discovered a possible way for malignant breast tumors to be identified, without the need for a biopsy. The findings were published online ahead of print in the Journal of ...


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fMRI scans used in murder trial sentencing

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans have been used, possibly for the first time, in the sentencing phase of a murder trial in Chicago in the US.


Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.


PET imaging response a prognostic factor after thoracic radiation therapy for lung cancer

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A rapid decline in metabolic activity on a PET scan after radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer is correlated with good local tumor control, according to a study presented by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University ...


One scan per patient is not always enough

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seven medical imaging groups wrote a joint letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to formally request coverage of two fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) scans for a patient ...


Blood-flow metabolism mismatch predicts pancreatic tumor aggressiveness

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created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Turku, Finland, have identified a blood-flow glucose consumption mismatch that predicted pancreatic tumor aggressiveness, according to results of a study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the ...


Study shows PET can measure effectiveness of novel breast cancer treatment

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created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A new study published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography (PET) scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type of breast cancer treatment is working as int ...