News tagged with sentinel lymph nodes
Nanoparticles Detect and Purge Metastases in Lymph Nodes
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Colonoscopy represents one of the great weapons against cancer. In one step, a physician can find precancerous lesions in the colon and then cut them out, an on-the-spot intervention that prevents cancer from developing. ...
Golden Nanotubes Used for Imaging Agent to Detect Tumor Cells, Map Sentinel Lymph Node
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Aug 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent that is capable of molecular ...
Predicting cancer prognosis
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Researchers led by Dr. Soheil Dadras at the Stanford University Medical Center have developed a novel methodology to extract microRNAs from cancer tissues. The related report by Ma et al, "Profiling and discovery of novel ...
Novel technique changes lymph node biopsy, reduces radiaiton exposure
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Information obtained from a new application of photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is worth its weight in gold to breast cancer patients.
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New technique may help detect potential breast cancer spread
May 08, 2009 |
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A new phase III clinical trial of early stage breast cancer patients has shown that a molecule designed to home in on nearby lymph nodes is just as accurate as current techniques, but faster, more specific and easier to use.
Ultrasound can predict tumor burden and survival in melanoma patients
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Berlin, Germany: Researchers have shown for the first time that patterns of ultrasound signals can be used to identify whether or not cancer has started to spread in melanoma patients, and to what extent. The discovery enables ...
Study links arm/hand swelling to number of lymph nodes removed during breast cancer surgery
Apr 23, 2009 |
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In older breast cancer survivors, the number of lymph nodes removed during surgery and the presence of cancer in the lymph nodes were the two factors most directly linked to the development of lymphedema, swelling of the ...
Improved imaging for identifying breast cancer in overweight women
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Increasing the ability to identify sentinel nodes—the very first lymph nodes that trap cancer cells draining away from a breast lesion site—has a major impact in the treatment and outcome of breast cancer patients, possibly ...
Rare skin tumor responds better to treatment than melanoma
Feb 02, 2009 |
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University of Michigan Health System researchers have published new data to help answer two dreaded questions: "Is it cancer?" and "What type of treatment should I have?"
Checking more lymph nodes linked to cancer patient survival
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Why do patients with gastric or pancreatic cancer live longer when they are treated at cancer centers or high-volume hospitals than patients treated at low-volume or community hospitals?
Evaluating more lymph nodes may not improve identification of late-stage colorectal cancer
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Surgically removing and evaluating an increasing number of lymph nodes does not appear to identify a greater number of patients with stage III colorectal cancer, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Surgery.
Biomarker predicts disease recurrence in colorectal cancer
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University show that the presence of a biomarker in regional lymph nodes is an independent predictor of disease recurr ...
Test can reduce recurrence of breast cancer
Feb 25, 2008 |
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A new test that examines large sections of the sentinel lymph node for genes expressed by breast cancer could reduce the risk of recurrence and multiple surgeries, doctors say.
Golden Nanotubes Detect Tumor Cells, Map Sentinel Lymph Nodes
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent made of gold-coated ...
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