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Whole body MRI is highly accurate in the early detection of breast cancer metastases

Whole body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should be the imaging modality of choice for the detection of breast cancer metastases (when the cancer has spread beyond the breast) as it is highly accurate and can detect bone ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Tracking therapeutic nanoparticles that target breast tumors

Researchers at Rice University, collaborating with investigators at the Baylor College of Medicine, have used two different types of imaging technologies to track the delivery of a therapeutic nanoparticle to breast tumors. ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Radiologists overestimate their overall risk of malpractice lawsuits in breast imaging

Radiologists who work in breast imaging tend to overestimate their actual risk of medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a study performed at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gold Nanobeacons Detect Sentinel Lymph Nodes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtually every patient diagnosed with breast cancer or melanoma undergoes lymph node biopsy to determine if their cancer has begun spreading in the body. Taking this biopsy involves an invasive and uncomfortable ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Breast MRI could reduce local breast cancer recurrence rates, study suggests

The use of preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to surgical intervention (for the treatment of breast cancer) can reduce the number of local (confined to the breast) cancer recurrences at follow-up, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ultrasound could boost tissue implant success

When we think of ultrasound, it's usually imaging the inside of the body that springs to mind. However, while ultrasound imaging typically requires frequencies that are 50 to 2500 times higher than those human ear can detect, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New imaging technique could help physicians ease the aftermath of breast cancer

A new study of breast cancer survivors may help physicians ease a common side effect of cancer treatments. The collaborative research by Eva Sevick, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Molecular Imaging at the University of ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

70 percent of women likely to experience sexual problems after breast cancer

A new study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine looked at whether women were more likely to experience sexual problems after breast cancer. The results showed that 70% of women were facing sexual function problems approx ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Breast cancer detection improved with image processing

Siemens researchers in Portugal hope to detect breast cancer more reliably in the future using a new statistical detection method. The digital image processing technique reveals tiny calcium deposits in the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Breast CT imaging system marches forward as pain-free tool to aid mammograms

While questions persist about the best ways to detect breast cancer early, a CT imaging system developed at the University of Rochester Medical Center and first unveiled five years ago is in a better position today to enter ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Repeat MRI screening for breast cancer results in fewer false positives

MRI screening for breast cancer delivers consistent rates of cancer detection and fewer false-positive results over time, according to a new study published online and in the April print edition of Radiology.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bismuth nanoparticles provide high fidelity images of breast tumors

By combining a nanoparticle that is readily visible in X-ray computed tomography (CT) scans with a molecule that targets tumor lymph vessels and other tumor tissues, a research team from the University of California, San ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

MRI may cause more harm than good in newly diagnosed early breast cancer

A new review says using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before surgery to assess the extent of early breast cancer has not been shown to improve surgical planning, reduce follow-up surgery, or reduce the risk of local recurrences. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Prostate cancer detected with help from optical imaging system

Hanli Liu, a University of Texas at Arlington bioengineering professor, has landed a three-year, $958,660 grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate a minimally invasive way to screen for and diagnose prostate ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A better imaging agent for heart disease and breast cancer

Scientists are reporting development of a process for producing large quantities of a much-needed new imaging agent for computed tomography (CT) scans in heart disease, breast cancer and other diseases, and the first evidence ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0