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New Technique Could Revolutionize Melanoma Diagnosis and Treatment

...different devices. It can be used to differentiate malignant condition from non-malignant conditions, thereby eliminating the need for surgery. Two widely used techniques in this regard are reflectance confocal microscopy and multiespectral digital dermatoscopy. The former is based on analysis of specific ar...

Long-Standing Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated With Increased Cancer Risk

...e medical history of 378 RA patients affected with malignant lymphoma between 1964 and 1995 and compared them with 378 non-lymphoma patients. The patients with RA classified as low, medium and high activity patients. It was found that patients with medium RA had a 8-fold increase in the risk of developing lymp...

Bombings in Japan have left Indelible Health Impression

...e effects on thyroid nodules, including benign and malignant nodules, were significantly higher in those exposed when young. And the younger-exposed people are now becoming the cancer-prone ages,' said the study's lead author, Dr. Misa Imaizumi, a research scientist and chief of the division of radiology in th...

Oral Cancer Cases Causing Concern

...nd that grade 1 squammous cell carcinoma (the most malignant and dangerous oral cancer) was prevalent to a high degree in the age group of 50-59 years. 303 malignant cases were uncovered in the 759 biopsies. Again the oral cancer showed a predilection for males with...

Aluminum Salts In Underarm Deodorants Increase Risk Of Breast Cancer

...en-like efforts on breast cancer cells, leading to malignant transformation. Under laboratory conditions, these salts have even been found to accelerate the growth of breast cancer cell lines, highlighting the carcinogenic potential of such compounds, used in everyday life. In addition to antiperspirants, ...

Lung cancer molecular profile discovered by researchers.

...d to the alteration of a number of genes affecting malignant tumor growth. Although these results are encouraging, further testing is required to demonstrate the validity of using these markers for predicting patient outcomes.” br>...

Link Between Cell Phones Use and Brain Tumors Established

Mobile Cell phone use for long periods can lead to malignant brain tumors according to a new study and contradi... Using a cell phone for long periods could lead to malignant brain tumors, says a new study contradicting earlier findings that found no such link. // Earlier ...

Is Cancer, A Foregone Conclusion, To Afflict Cell Phone Users? FDA does A Reality Check.

...egularly had a risk which was as high as 240% of a malignant tumor on the side of the head closer to the cell phone use. The study was published in the March issue of International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. The Swedish researchers went on to explain that heavy users of cell phone are...

Dermoscopy An Able Tool For The Fight Against Skin Cancer

...d increase sensitivity in 25% for the detection of malignant lesions. The study showed that three simple dermos...n in the course that would help to detect possible malignant tumours were. They were asymmetry of colour or structure, presence of a net of thick lines with irre...

A Detail Analysis of Head and Neck Cancer

...sco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). // It is a highly malignant form of cancer with a very high death rate. They have discovered the triple interaction between CD44, hyaluronan (HA), and LARG. CD44 is a surface receptor molecule that plays an important role in a variety of cellular functions. Hyaluronan (HA) is a...

Seattle, a hub for malignant melanoma? Time To Get Sunwise!

... Washington, a hot spot for sun-linked skin cancer malignant melanoma, according to the Environmental// Protection Agency. The EPA's has embarked on a SunWise Program enabling free kits to schools that comprise of 40 activity cards and a white Frisbee that changes color to purple when exposed to the sun's ...

Image-Guided Biopsy Can Alter Clinical Decisions In Kidney Patients

...ay actually need no treatment at all. If a mass is malignant but something other than a cancer of kidney origin, the treatment may involve chemotherapy, radiation or another type of surgery entirely," said Dr. Maturen. The full results of the study will be presented on Monday, May 1, 2006 during the American R...

Novel Technique To Revolutionize Treatment Of Spinal Tumors

... is a common feature in 5 to 10 % of patients with malignant tumors of the spine. Wade Wong, D.O.F.A.C.R, UCSD professor of radiology, and San Diego clinician Bassem Georgy, M.D., partially removed spinal tumors from 28 patients before repairing the spine with vertebroplasty – a procedure to cement and stabi...

Melbourne Cluster Of Brain Tumour Not Due To Radiation From Phone Towers

... phone towers. But he did caution that aggressive, malignant tumours could develop in weeks or months. ....

Discovery Of New Molecule Could Solve Cancer Spread Mystery

...ule was found to inhibit the progression of lethal malignant glioma cells both in vivo as well as in vitro. T...tenuate the complex signaling pathways involved in malignant transformation and to thwart to the ability of cancer cells to adapt to stress. Lipid kinases belo...

A Revolutionary New Treatment For Cancer Available In Australia

...atments, which work by destroying both healthy and malignant cells, the therapy involves microscopic radioactive spheres delivered directly to liver tumors. "It is a one-off treatment," Dr Pavlakis said. Sydney nurse Jane Sellwood discovered soon after the birth of her third child that she had advanced colon...

Nova Scotia MP, Bill Casey, indebted to Cadman clinic

...sey, a Nova Scotia Conservative MP, diagnosed with malignant melanoma is grateful to a skin cancer clinic, for ...removed. Subsequent tests revealed the presence of malignant melanoma, which is an alarming profile of skin cancer. 'I'm in shock that I had it. I'm in shock it...

Sun screen in vogue: for fashion and for health!

...to reports, 7000 people annually contract a deadly malignant melanoma which results in 1600 deaths every year. Underlying the importance of sunscreen says cosmetic doctor Simon Connolly of Edinburgh's Mulberry House, 'Its vital people wear sunscreen and a good sunscreen at that. It helps protect people again...

Radiation Therapy Made More Compatible

...oble, France demonstrated MRT's ability to control malignant tumors in animals with high radiation doses while ...e target volume would have been enough to ablate a malignant tumor,’ Dilmanian said. ‘These results show that thick microbeams generated by special x-ray tubes i...

New Molecular Treatment Identified To Treat Blood Cell Cancers

...am reports that LLP2A is attracted specifically to malignant lymphocytes, not healthy ones. The next step will ...wever: They bind to healthy lymphocytes along with malignant ones; in addition, they do not bind to T cells and therefore can't be used to treat T-cell lymphoma....

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