New surgical guidelines announced today by the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) have the potential to significantly reduce unnecessary breast surgeries, improve patient outcomes and ...
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Age is a key risk factor for breast cancer. A recent study by researchers from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC), "Age-related DNA methylation in normal breast tissue and its relationship with invasive breast tumor ...
Tags: breast cancer, Epigenetics, connection between cancer and the aging
Breast cancer risk in women may be tied to the rate at which their breast-tissue density changes as they age, a new study suggests. Researchers examined 282 breast cancer patients and 317 women without the disease who underwent both ...
Women fighting an aggressive form of breast cancer may benefit from adding certain drugs to their chemotherapy regimen, and taking them prior to surgery, new research finds. This pre-surgical drug therapy boosts the likelihood that no ...
The purpose of a dance costume is to enhance the dancer’s body and the concept of the Choreographer (Dance Catalog 219). “Costumes are clothes and they are art. They make the invisible ideas visible” (Nadel 241). Dance ...
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Digirad has unveiled its Molecular Breast Imaging Accessory, designed for use with the ergo imaging system, for the evaluation of lesions in dense and complex breast tissue, and other small body parts. Molecular Breast Imaging Accessory, ...
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GE Healthcare has purchased U-Systems, a manufacturer of ultrasound products for breast applications. As part of the deal, GE Healthcare will acquire U-Systems' somo v Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) system, designed for screening ...
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iCAD has launched a new PowerLook advanced mammography platform (AMP), designed for imaging breast tissue. The PowerLook AMP is a computer-aided detection (CAD) system which provides tissue and lesion characteristics to support the ...
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Approval from the MHRA allows testing of the technique as a means to detect breast cancer tissue. THz spots the difference in breast cancer tissue The application of terahertz(THz)spectroscopy to the in vivo detection of cancerous ...
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Thermal imaging used in tandem with other tests offers an alternative to mammography. Infrared scanning for breast cancer:now worthy of wider adoption Mammography is the commonest imaging technique applied to the detection of ...
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Results from a Dutch clinicstudy provide further evidence that the technique will be be a valuable diagnostic tool. al Photoacoustic scan A Dutch clinical trial of twelve patients examined using a photoacoustic(PA)imaging technique ...
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