Digital Radiography
According to a recent study, the very first MRI scan to show 'brown fat' in a living adult could prove to be a crucial step towards a new assortment of therapies to supplement the fight against diabetes and obesity.
Researchers from Warwick Medical School and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust used a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based method to discover and corroborate the existence of brown adipose tissue in a living adult.
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Cutting-edge MRI Scan makes Milestone Discovery for 'Brown Fat' Research…
According to a recent study, the very first MRI scan to show 'brown fat' in a living adult could prove to be a crucial step towards a new assortment of therapies to supplement the fight against diabetes and obesity.
Researchers from Warwick Medical School and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust used a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based method to discover and corroborate the existence of brown adipose tissue in a living adult.
Brown fat has
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RT for Cervical Cancer may lead to Increased Risk for …
Based on recent discoveries, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston are the first to recommend that young women treated with radiation for cervical cancer should begin colorectal cancer screening earlier than
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Novel Nano Particle Developed for Cancer Therapy…
A University of Texas at Arlington physicist working to create a luminous nanoparticle to apply in security-related radiation detection may have instead fell upon an advance in photodynamic cancer therapy.
Professor of physics and co-director
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FMRI Accurately Predicts which Patients can Recover …
According to new research published in The Lancet, a functional brain imaging (fMRI) method known as positron emission tomography (PET) is a promising tool for determining which severely brain damaged individuals in vegetative states have the
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Shared Decision Making During Radiation Therapy …
Based on a recent study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, playing an active role in their radiation treatment decisions puts cancer patients at ease and has them feeling more satisfied with
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Comparison of Dose-escalated Hypofractionated IMRT and …
According to a study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (Red Journal), which also serves as the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO); dose-escalated intensity
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Better-targeted Treatment in Pediatric Radiotherapy…
According to a recent study, for the very first time researchers have been able to show that the use of helium ions in radiation therapy could provide proper treatment to tumors, all the while sparing healthy organs. A treatment planning study
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Radiotherapy in Addition to Six Months of Hormone …
According to a recent study’s findings, most men with prostate cancer that is small and restricted to the prostate gland, yet is at risk of growing and spreading, get better if they are treated with radiotherapy, in accordance with androgen
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Non-invasive Imaging used in Monitoring Prostate …
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2014 illustrates a ground-breaking method to "manipulate the lipid metabolism in the cancer cell to trick them to use
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Blocking DNA Repair Mechanisms may Improve Radiation …
Based on a recent study, researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center have exhibited in both cancer cell lines and in mice that blocking vital DNA repair mechanisms could improve the overall efficiency of radiation therapy (RT) for often
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Radiation Safely and Effectively Stored in Nontoxic …
According to a recent study, microscopic "bubbles" developed at the Kansas State University are safe and effective storage spaces for harmful isotopes that emit ionizing radiation for treating tumors.
“The findings can benefit patient
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Radiotherapy Kills Cancer Cells, Makes Immunotherapy …
According to a recent study, radiation therapy fights off cancers in more than just one way. It not only kills cancer cells, but also demonstrates the capacity to activate the immune system to turn on and attack tumor cells. Such an activation can
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MRI Helps Diagnose Prostate Cancer more Accurately…
Being of the first of its kind, an Australian clinical trial has revealed that a biopsy guided by MRI can considerably improve the diagnosis of life-threatening prostate cancer and reduce the over-diagnosis of non-life-threatening cases,
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