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Cancer Diagnostics to Drive Coherence Tomography Market Growth

Nov 5, 2015

The emergence of applications in cancer diagnostics, cardiology and gastroenterology will help drive the market for clinical optical imaging to $2 billion by the end of the decade. That’s according to a new market report from the ...

Tags: Cancer Diagnostics, optical technologies, ultrasound technologies

Green LED Glasses Been Developed to Improve Sleep Quality

Jul 6, 2015

When you’re having trouble sleeping, light is the last thing you assume you need. But according to a pilot study attempting to solve insomnia among lung cancer patients led by University at Buffalo sleep researcher Grace Dean, light ...

Tags: Green LED, Improving Sleep Quality, LED

Autocam Medical Announces The Completion of Its Acquisition of Murfreesboro

Dec 5, 2014

Autocam Medical Autocam Medical Devices, LLC (Autocam Medical) announces the completion of its acquisition t of Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based Southeastern Technology, Inc. (SET). Grand Rapids, MI, December 2, 2014– Autocam Medical ...

Tags: Southeastern Technology, Health

The Specialty Hospital Sector Is an Emerging Part of China's Healthcare Market

Nov 20, 2014

The private hospital sector is an emerging part of China’s healthcare market, and is expected to maintain double-digit growth over the coming years, driven by regulatory changes, market demand and capital investments. Specialty ...

Tags: Specialty Hospitals, Medicine

Survival Among People with Lung Cancer Has Been Better for Women Than Men

Mar 5, 2014

Survival among people with lung cancer has been better for women than men, and the findings of a recent study indicate that female hormones may be a factor in this difference. The combination of estrogen plus progesterone and the use of ...

Tags: Influence of Reproductive, Hormonal Factors, Women

The New Sanford Health Dickinson Clinic Is Now Open

Mar 4, 2014

The new Sanford Health Dickinson Clinic, which is replacing the existing Sanford Health Dickinson Clinic, is now open. The new clinic, located at 2615 Fairway St., is more than six times the size of the current clinic at 938 Second Ave. W. ...

Tags: Sanford Health, New Clinic

UPMC Is Now Offering Physicians in India Access

Feb 27, 2014

With the latest expansion of its global telemedicine efforts, UPMC is now offering physicians in India access to its world-renowned medical expertise to improve care for patients. Through advanced, web-based technology, UPMC physicians ...

Tags: UPMC, TeleChikitsa Venture, telemedicine application, consultations

AMSBIO Has Launched CancerSeq

Feb 27, 2014

AMSBIO has launched CancerSeq™ - a new range of genetically characterised FFPE tissue samples. CancerSeq™ samples are prepared from genomic DNA extracted from the FFPE tumour tissues and validated by Next Generation ...

Tags: Cancer, DNA, Genomics, Protein

MRI Test Could Be an Alternative to Standard PET/CT

Feb 27, 2014

A new type of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test could be an alternative to standard positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging for assessing cancer in children and young adults, but without exposure to ...

Tags: MRI, radiation, tumour visibility

Elderly Kidney Cancer Patients Benefit From Sunitinib Therapy

Feb 27, 2014

By Sara Freeman, medwireNews Reporter Elderly kidney cancer patients benefit from sunitinib therapy just as much as their younger counterparts, a retrospective analysis of six clinical trials shows. Median progression-free survival ...

Tags: PFS, mRCC, Advanced Age, IFN

Patients with Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Are on and off Treatment

Feb 27, 2014

By Sara Freeman, medwireNews Reporter mewireNews: Shortening the time that patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma are on and off treatment with sunitinib improves the drug’s overall tolerability without affecting its efficacy, ...

Tags: ORR, Tolerability, PFS, Sunitinib

Data Show Treatment Prolongs Life for Women with Most Common Cancer in Under 35s

Feb 27, 2014

Data published in New England Journal of Medicine show treatment prolongs life for women with most common cancer in under 35s New data showing cancer treatment Avastin® (bevacizumab) can extend the lives of women with advanced ...

Tags: Cervical Cancer, Avastin, GOG240, GOG

The Whipple Procedure Is One of Surgery's Most Extensive and Challenging Operations

Feb 26, 2014

The Whipple procedure, used to remove tumors from pancreatic cancer patients, is one of surgery's most extensive and challenging operations. Now, surgeons are using a minimally invasive robotic surgical system to perform the surgery. ...

Tags: Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgical System, Whipple Procedure

Advanced Breast Cancer Has Identified Individuals with a Good Chance

Feb 25, 2014

The first large-scale study testing all the DNA—the entire genome—of tumour cells from more than 400 women with advanced breast cancer has identified individuals with a good chance of benefiting from specific treatments already ...

Tags: CGH, SAFIR01, DNA, Gustave Roussy

New Surgical Guidelines Would Reduce Unnecessary Breast Surgeries

Feb 25, 2014

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 ...

Tags: SSO, ASTRO, AIS, Peggy Johnson

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