1. MRI-guided Ablation for Prostate Cancer Recurrences
(Communities/MRI)

... Peter J. Littrup, M.D., of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, and colleagues studied 13 patients with 25 breast cancer foci, which were treated in 13 cryotherapy sessions. After an average ...

2. Contrast Medium in CT Raises DNA Breakage
(Communities/CT)

... hours after they underwent CT scans either with the use of CM (iopromide or iomeprol) or without CM. DNA DSBs were assessed in lymphocytes by counting γH2AX foci and were compared with DSBs in lymphocytes ...

3. Elekta Delivers 3D Brain Mapping Technology to Southeast Asia
(Company News/Elekta Group)

... neurologists, neurosurgeons and psychologists will utilize the system to investigate neurological and cognitive ailments, including epileptic foci and behavior abnormalities. “During weekends and after ...

4. New diagnostic method for gout: Dual Energy CT instead of joint aspiration
(Company News/Siemens Healthcare)

... examination ,ie 200 sites with DECT versus 53 sites clinically, ie four times more foci were revealed with DECT(p < 0.05). Furthermore, it has become evident that DECT can detect the presence of gout ...

5. Doubled Results from Prior 15% to Current Average of 33% NPV Use of MRgFUS for Uterine Fibroids
(Radiology Conferences/RSNA 2008)

... see: www.insightec.com.) There are currently ongoing clinical trials to treat bone pain from metastatic bone cancer. The goal of the treatment is not to ablate the tissue and eliminate the metastatic foci ...

6. Novel Imaging Improves Cancer Detection in Dense Breasts and the Newly Diagnosed
(Radiology Conferences/RSNA 2008)

... study, 56 additional areas were detected with BSGI. Of those, 45/56 (80%) of additional foci underwent biopsy; however 3 did not because they decided to have mastectomies, and 8 decided to have follow ...

7. BSGI posts higher sensitivity than mammography or MRI
(Communities/MRI)

... cent) and variable positive predictive value (25-84 per cent). As with mammography, small foci of DCIS are difficult to detect on MRI, particularly lesions less than 5 mm. "In addition, MRI may overestimate ...

8. Total body scans: The glass body in 40 seconds
(Imported/Imported)

... early on with TBS. Foci of inflammation can be detected even before the patient complains of them. Effective treatments, for example, with TNF inhibitors, can be started early in order to spare patients ...

9. Delayed-phase CT assists in differentiating blunt spleen from contained vascular injuries
(Communities/CT)

... Splenic Injury Scale. Researchers categorized the patients into two groups. Patients with intrasplenic hyperattenuating foci on portal venous phase images were classified as having active splenic hemorrhage ...

10. Real-time elastography for detecting prostate cancer: preliminary experience
(Imported/Imported)

... the correlation between RTE and Gleason score. RTE detected 28 of 35 cancer foci (sensitivity 80 per cent). Seven foci were not detected with RTE and three were in the inner gland. There were four false ...

11. Real-time elastography accurately detects prostate cancer
(Imported/Imported)

... 35 cancer foci (80 per cent sensitivity), the authors report, but missed 7 foci, most of them in the inner gland or in the basal area of the outer gland. The only four sites with false-positive findings ...

12. Clinical utility of breast magnetic resonance imaging
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... and other foci of cancer, the group examined its clinical utility in the surgical management of breast cancer patients. From January 2004 to April 2007, 117 patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer ...

13. Multiple auras may result from single epileptogenic focus
(Imported/Imported)

... mean there are multiple seizure foci, so they may very well benefit from a detailed evaluation with subdural grid electrodes and eventually resection of the focus," Dr. Prakash Kotagal from the Cleveland ...

14. European companies collaborate on the introduction of HistoScanning technology for the prostate
(Imported/Imported)

... population, HistoScanning correctly identified the largest tumors, accurately measured their diameters and correctly attributed the presence of multiple foci, the laterality of the disease, and the involvement ...

15. Battlefield brain injury: the lessons from Iraq
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... T2 hyperintense foci involving predominately the supratentorial white matter, but also the cortex and cerebellum. Secondary TBI occurs most often in the first 24 hours after the injury and is potentially ...

16. COX-2 expression is marker for cancer development in some benign breast biopsies
(Communities/Breast Mammary Gland)

... the number of areas (or foci) within the biopsy that contained atypical growth. They found that moderate expression was identified in 71 (30 per cent) of the samples and that 34 (14 per cent) of the biopsies ...

17. Neuroimaging and genomics characterize glioblastoma non-invasively
(Communities/Neurology Brain CNS)

...  Patients with the infiltrative imaging phenotype were more apt to have multiple tumor foci. The median survival was 216 days for the infiltrative phenotype versus 390 days for the edematous phenotype. ...

18. MRI combination best at predicting progression after prostate cancer treatment
(Communities/MRI)

... Korea, and colleagues evaluated these imaging modalities in 27 patients with increased PSA levels after treatment. Local tumor progression was defined as the presence of cancer foci on endorectal biopsy. ...

19. Ibuprofen or acetaminophen in long-term resistance training increases muscle mass/strength
(Communities/Musculoskeletal )

... acetaminophen. One of the foci of Ball State’s Human Performance Laboratory is the adaptation of the elderly to exercise. Another is the loss of muscle mass that takes place when astronauts are exposed ...

20. New technology may mean immediate diagnosis for patients with GI diseases
(Imported/Imported)

... endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery.Other research presented indicates that the current methods of using aberrant crypt foci, or ACF, to determine the presence of colon cancer may be unreliable due ...