
Unraveling Brain Tumors
Brain tumor researchers have
found that brain tumors
arise from cancer stem cells
living within tiny
protective areas formed by
blood vessels in the brain.
Killing those cells is a
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Shedding Light on Bladder Cancer
Some bladder cancer tumors
are so small, surgeons can't
see them. Urologist Edward
Messing is using a new
liquid dye that reacts to
light to help him see all
the small bladder tumors
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Will Your Cancer Spread?
A new biopsy test, created
by molecular biologists, can
tell ocular melanoma
patients if theirs is the
kind that will spread. Using
very thin needles, surgeons
collect cells from tumors
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Pain Free Mammogram
Radiologists have devised a
better way to perform a
mammogram, called digital
tomosynthesis. An X-ray tube
moves in an arc around the
breast, capturing several
images. The information is
then sent to a computer,
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Pathologists Use Digital Imaging to Speed Up Cancer Diagnosis
A new digital microscopy system allows doctors to examine biopsy tissue and diagnose breast cancer within hours instead of weeks. The same instrument can be used for all kinds of cancers, and it ... > more -
Thoracic Surgeons Introduce Less-Invasive Cancer Removal
In a new procedure, called thorascopic lobectomy, surgeons make three small incisions in the chest and use specially designed instruments to reach the lungs. A camera helps them see the tumor and ... > more -
Hematologists Boost Immune Response in Bone-Marrow Transplant Patients
To lessen the impact of chemotherapy on bone marrow cancer patients, hematologists are recruiting the patients' own immune systems to help. White blood cells are extracted before a bone marrow ... > more -
Surgeons Combine Heat, Chemistry to Bolster Anti-Cancer Drugs
In efforts to boost the effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs, a new method called intra-peritoneal hyperthermic chemotherapy works by flushing a heated chemotherapy drug through tissue surrounding a ... > more -
Cancer Biologists Develop More Accurate Blood Test for Prostate Cancer
A new blood test is more reliable at finding prostate cancer in its early stages by detecting a protein marker in blood plasma. Doctors say the new test, now in clinical trials, will have an accuracy ... > more -
Marine Biotechnologists Treat Cancer With Mud-loving Ocean Bacteria
Biomedicine scientists identified and sequenced the genes of a bacteria called Salinispora tropica. It produces anti-cancer compounds and can be found in ocean sediments off the Bahamas. A product ... > more -
Orthopedic Oncologists Give Children Artificial Bones That Can Grow With Patient
A new kind of expandable bone prosthesis -- implanted in the legs of pediatric patients to substitute bone that was removed due to cancer -- is helping children avoid amputations and lead a normal ... > more -
Gastroenterologists Use Optics To Detect Early Stages Of Colon Cancer
Biomedical engineers have developed a new technique to detect colon cancer. A thin optical fiber shines light onto the interior of the colon. Computer analysis of the backscattered light indicates if ... > more -
Pediatric Cardiologists Show Hormone Therapy Reduces Cancer Treatment Side Effects
Studying childhood cancer patients who have suffered tissue and organ damage from chemotherapy treatments, researchers have found that growth hormones can reverse damage to the heart. Before the ... > more -
Engineers Devise Implantable Dosimeter to Track Success of Radiation Therapy
Radiologists could soon measure the amount of radiation exposure experienced by different tissues using an implantable capsule. The device contains a small dosimeter and sends radiation exposure data ... > more
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