News tagged with spine tumors

Patients' underlying health linked to worse outcomes for melanoma, study finds

It's not how old but how frail patients are that can predict how well they will fare after a melanoma diagnosis. In fact, young patients in poor health may have worse outcomes than older patients in good shape.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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New laser for neurosurgery allows greater precision and efficiency for removal of complex tumors

Surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are among the first in the country to use a new micro-laser, which uses light energy in place of a cutting tool to remove complicated brain and spine tumors. The technique offers ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Prostate cancer found in ancient Egyptian mummy

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study published in the International Journal of Paleopathology reveals a case of prostate cancer in a 2,250-year-old mummy. The researchers also believe that cases of cancer at tha ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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New strategy likely to speed drug development for rare cancers

Researchers have identified promising new therapies for ependymoma, a rare tumor with few treatment options. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators led the effort, which used a new, faster drug development system ...

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Feared spinal X-ray found to be safe, study shows

Medical imaging experts at Johns Hopkins have reviewed the patient records of 302 men and women who had a much-needed X-ray of the blood vessels near the spinal cord and found that the procedure, often feared for possible ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ohio State surgeons rebuild pelvis of cancer patient

In a rare and medically remarkable operation, a multi-disciplinary team of surgeons at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute ...

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created May 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Spinal, sinus experts partner in unusual surgery at hospital

(PhysOrg.com) -- You could easily say that Sandi Wearing’s ability to speak — and she is as forthright as a 67-year-old can be — was saved by a football game and two Stanford Hospital doctors ...

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created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists find potential benefit of hypericin for recurrent brain tumors

Researchers have found that a synthetic version of hypericin, a compound naturally found in St. John's wort, may be a promising treatment for patients with recurrent malignant brain tumors. Their findings were published online ...

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Emory explores new proton therapy facility to offer advanced care to cancer patients

Emory Healthcare is a key player in plans to bring the world's most advanced radiation treatment for cancer patients to Georgia. In furtherance of that role, Emory Healthcare has signed a letter of intent ...

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Earning its stripes: Zebrafish model of human melanoma reveals new cancer gene

The latest clues suggesting potential new ways to treat melanoma come from an unlikely source: fish.

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Missing DNA helps make us human

A new study demonstrates that specific traits that distinguish humans from their closest living relatives – chimpanzees, with whom we share 96 percent of our DNA – can be attributed to the loss of chunks of DNA ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

UT Southwestern launches clinical trial for treatment of breast cancer using CyberKnife

Breast-cancer patient Kristin Wiginton is the first to be treated at UT Southwestern Medical Center with high-beam radiation using the Accuray CyberKnife System, which offers improved cosmetic results, less radiation exposure ...

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