News tagged with endoscopic ultrasound
Endoscopic ultrasound evaluation is associated with improved outcomes in pancreatic cancer patients
A new study has found that endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is associated with improved outcomes in patients with localized pancreatic cancer, possibly due to the detection of earlier cancers and improved stage-appropriate management, ...
Jul 08, 2010 |
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Near-infrared imaging system shows promise as future pancreatic cancer diagnostic tool
A team of researchers from four Boston-area institutions led by Nicusor Iftimia from Physical Sciences, Inc. has demonstrated for the first time that optical coherence tomography (OCT), a high resolution optical ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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New imaging tech promising for diagnosing cardiovascular disease, diabetes
Researchers have developed a new type of imaging technology to diagnose cardiovascular disease and other disorders by measuring ultrasound signals from molecules exposed to a fast-pulsing laser.
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Digital imaging software to create a 'Google Earth' view of the bladder
Bladder cancer is the fourth-most-common cancer in men and one of the most expensive cancers to treat from diagnosis to death. After initial diagnosis and surgery, patients must return to the urologist at ...
May 16, 2011 |
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Study compares balanced propofol sedation with conventional sedation for therapeutic GI endoscopic procedures
Researchers from Korea report that, compared with conventional sedation, balanced propofol sedation (BPS) using propofol in combination with midazolam and meperidine, provided higher health care provider satisfaction, better ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Less invasive method for determining stage of lung cancer shows benefits
A comparison of two strategies to determine the stage of suspected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) finds that the less invasive method is more effective at identifying a type of lung cancer that has spread, and may result ...
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Study assesses placement of multiple endoscopic stents for postoperative biliary strictures
Researchers from Italy have reported results from more than 10 years of follow-up showing that the placement of multiple endoscopic stents for the treatment of postoperative biliary strictures remains excellent with a low ...
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Alcoholic liver disease is more aggressive than other chronic liver diseases
Many diagnostic and treatment options have been developed for chronic liver disease during the last 40 years, yet their influence on survival remain unclear. A new study of the prognosis for patients hospitalized for liver ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Antiviral therapy impacts esophageal varices in HCV-induced cirrhosis
Italian researchers have discovered that antiviral treatment and sustained virologic response (SVR) prevents esophageal varices in patients with compensated hepatitis C (HCV)-induced cirrhosis, indicating that endoscopic ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 25, 2010 |
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Mayo Clinic researcher details next-era advances in use of scopes for cancer detection
Just as cameras and televisions have been reinvented in the last decade with improved optics, sharpness and brightness, so have the tiny imaging scopes that physicians use to peer into the body's nooks and crannies -- its ...
May 04, 2010 |
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Molecular marker could help spot pancreatic cancer early
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified a molecular marker of pancreatic cancer that may help spot the disease at its earliest stages, when it can ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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