News tagged with lesion morphology

Kinetic variable most useful for identifying malignant MRI-detected breast lesions identified

Breast MRI allows physicians to evaluate suspicious lesions using a variety of variables. Researchers have found though that computer-aided kinetic information can help significantly in distinguishing benign from malignant ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Back ache has been a pain for millions of years

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by a Cambridge archaeologist shows that back pain caused untold misery long before we started staring into screens and slumping on sofas.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Researchers advance understanding of structural change in cancer cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- A method developed by a University of Maine mathematician to get a much more detailed look at cellular morphology has the potential to aid in early cancer detection.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A signal change for antifungal agents

Chemical-genomic profiling of bioactive therapeutic compounds reveals therapeutically exploitable signaling activity at fungal cell membranes.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study finds strong association between smoking and flat precancerous polyps

According to a new study, smoking was found to have a strong association with the presence of flat adenomas (precancerous polyps) in the colon and may explain the earlier onset of colorectal cancer in smokers, as well as ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

CE 3-D US for differentiating focal liver lesions

A research team from Japan and China examined the potential role of contrast-enhanced three-dimensional ultrasonography (CE 3-D US) in characterizing focal liver lesions. Their results showed that CE 3-D US provides a spatial ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify early ovarian cancers

Ovarian cancer kills nearly 15,000 women in the United States each year, and fewer than half of the women diagnosed with the disease survive five years. A screening test that detects ovarian cancer early, when it is still ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CT imaging taken post avastin may predict survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

Using routine computed tomography (CT) imaging to analyze form and structural changes to colorectal liver metastasis after bevacizumab and chemotherapy may predict overall survival, according to research from The University ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Canker disease in eucalyptus in the Basque Country

The first experiences with exotic species in the Basque Country, and alternative to Pinus radiata, were undertaken in 1957, concretely in Laukiz, Lezama and Alonsotegui (Muro, 1975) where the eucalyptus, amongst other forest ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study identifies potential fix for damaged knees

Investigators from Hospital for Special Surgery have shown that a biodegradable scaffold or plug can be used to treat patients with damaged knee cartilage. The study is unique in that it used serial magnetic resonance imaging ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A rigorous method for liver biopsy

Liver biopsy is still considered the gold standard for grading, staging and "stad-ging" the chronic liver disease. In addition, it remains a primary source for acquiring new knowledge on the liver pathology. Demand for precise ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 31, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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