News tagged with needle biopsies
PET scan can non invasively measure early assessment of treatment for common type of breast cancer
Non-invasive imaging can measure how well patients with the most common form of breast cancer - estrogen receptor positive type - respond to standard aromatase inhibitor therapy after only two weeks and shows similar findings ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Predicting higher risk for prostate cancer diagnosis
High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) carries a high predictive value for future diagnosis of prostate cancer. Research published in the open access journal BMC Urology has shown that 41.8% of patients whose ...
May 27, 2009 |
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University of Cincinnati study finds needle biopsies safe in 'eloquent' areas of brain
After a review of 284 cases, specialists at the Brain Tumor Center at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Neuroscience Institute have concluded that performing a stereotactic needle biopsy in an area of the brain associated ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 03, 2009 |
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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 ...
Oct 06, 2010 |
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