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More Accurate Diagnosis, Prognosis In Challenging Breast Cancer Cases Provided By PET Techniques

February 8, 2012
In two new studies featured in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers are revealing how molecular imaging can be used to solve mysteries about difficult cases of breast cancer. One article focuses on an imaging agent that targets estrogen receptors in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer patients ...

PET techniques provide more accurate diagnosis, prognosis in challenging breast cancer cases

February 7, 2012
In two new studies featured in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers are revealing how molecular imaging can be used to solve mysteries about difficult cases of breast cancer. One article focuses on an imaging agent that targets estrogen receptors in estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer patients ...

PET techniques provide more accurate diagnosis, prognosis in challenging breast cancer cases

February 6, 2012
(Society of Nuclear Medicine) In two new studies featured in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers are revealing how molecular imaging can be used to solve mysteries about difficult cases of breast cancer. One article focuses on an imaging agent that targets estrogen receptors in estrogen ...

New research into treatment, prognosis and early detection of GI cancers

January 19, 2012
New research into the treatment, prognosis and early detection of gastrointestinal cancers was released today in advance of the ninth annual Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium being held January 19-21, 2012, at The Moscone West Building in San Francisco, Calif.

Stroke Patients With Delirium Have Worse Prognosis

January 19, 2012
THURSDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Up to 30 percent of stroke patients develop delirium shortly after hospitalization and these patients fare worse than those without delirium, a new study finds. Canadian researchers reviewed 10 studies that included more than 2,000 patients who were hospitalized after suffering either an ...

New Advances Aimed At Improving Treatment, Prognosis And Detection Of GI Cancers: 2012 Gastroinstestinal Cancers Symposium

January 19, 2012
New research into the treatment, prognosis and early detection of gastrointestinal cancers was released in advance of the ninth annual Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium being held January 19-21, 2012, at The Moscone West Building in San Francisco, Calif...

2012 Gastroinstestinal Cancers Symposium reveals new advances aimed at improving treatment, prognosis and detection of GI cancers

January 17, 2012
ALEXANDRIA, Va. New research into the treatment, prognosis and early detection of gastrointestinal cancers was released today in advance of the ninth annual Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium being held January 19-21, 2012, at The Moscone West Building in San Francisco, Calif. Four important studies were highlighted today ...

2012 Gastroinstestinal Cancers Symposium reveals new advances aimed at improving treatment, prognosis and detection of GI cancers

January 17, 2012
(American Society of Clinical Oncology) New research into the treatment, prognosis and early detection of gastrointestinal cancers was released today in advance of the ninth annual Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium being held Jan. 19-21, 2012, at the Moscone West Building in San Francisco, Calif.

MRI May Be Noninvasive Method To Measure Breast Cancer Prognosis

December 12, 2011
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging measures were associated with prognostic tumor markers, demonstrating the potential of magnetic resonance imaging for prediction of disease prognosis and stratification of patients to appropriate therapies, according to preliminary data presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011. "Breast cancers ...

MRI can predict breast cancer prognosis

December 9, 2011
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging measures were associated with prognostic tumor markers, demonstrating the potential of magnetic resonance imaging for prediction of disease prognosis and stratification of patients to appropriate therapies, according to preliminary data presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011.

MRI may be noninvasive method to measure breast cancer prognosis

December 8, 2011
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging measures were associated with prognostic tumor markers, demonstrating the potential of magnetic resonance imaging for prediction of disease prognosis and stratification of patients to appropriate therapies, according to preliminary data presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011.

Oral Bisphosphonate Did Not Improve Prognosis For Patients With Breast Cancer

December 8, 2011
Results from a German study demonstrated no improvement in disease-free survival among patients with breast cancer who were treated with dose-dense chemotherapy and the bisphosphonate ibandronate. Volker Möbus, Ph.D., head of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Klinikum Frankfurt Höchst GmbH in Frankfurt, presented the results from the German ...