Biopsy in Medical News

Researchers develop new and efficient breast biopsy technique

Researchers have developed a new breast biopsy technique that could lead to decreased procedure times and reduced patient discomfort and morbidity, according to a study performed at Roberts Research Institute, the University of Western Ontario and London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada....

New alternative to biopsy detects subtle changes in cancer cells, Stanford study shows

STANFORD, Calif. A drop of blood or a chunk of tissue smaller than the period at the end of this sentence may one day be all that is necessary to diagnose cancers and assess their response to treatment, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. In a study to be published A...

Fox Chase is first cancer center in the nation to use MRI-guided biopsy to detect prostate cancer

Earlier this month, Fox Chase Cancer Center became the first hospital in North America to offer an MRI guided biopsy to detect prostate cancer using Invivo Equipment in a clinical hospital setting. Pioneering new techniques for MRI-guided prostate interventions, Fox Chase is offering a new procedu...

Research shows biopsy of recurrent breast cancer can alter treatment

(Toronto March 18, 2009) For women with recurrent breast cancer, the treatment the doctor chooses is usually based on the properties of their original breast cancer. A group from Toronto has recently completed the world's first study that compared original breast cancer tumors with a biopsy of s...

New Vertebral Biopsy Needle Features Exclusive Cutting Cannula

The new product: Serratus™ Vertebral Biopsy Needle is a specialty biopsy needle used to capture a quality vertebral core sample. This new product features an exclusive cutting cannula. Attleboro, MA (PRWEB) March 2, 2009 -- NeedleTech Products, Inc. has introduce...

Waiting for biopsy results may adversely affect health

OAK BROOK, Ill. Women who've had a breast biopsy know the anxiety of waiting for the results, but that stress may cause adverse health effects, according to a new study published in the March issue of Radiology . "When women express how taxing it is to have to wait for results, the medical e...

Targeted Prostate Cancer Biopsy and Cancer Treatment Earns Acceptance From Nation's Top Prostate Specialists

TargetScan(R) Technology passes 3,500-procedure milestone as the system becomes available in more medical centers and private practices across the country ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- To date, more than 3,500 prostate biopsies and subsequent cancer treatment procedures have been conduct...

SpectraScience Awarded European Patent for Its Optical Biopsy System for Tissue Diagnosis

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SpectraScience, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SCIE), a San Diego based medical device company, today announced that it has been awarded a European patent for its Optical Biopsy System for Tissue Diagnosis. Jim Hitchin, SpectraScience's CEO, commented, "T...

Naviscan Receives 510(k) Clearance for Stereo Navigator(TM) - the First Commercially Available Breast PET-Guided Biopsy Feature

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Naviscan, Inc., announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for its biopsy-guidance feature designed exclusively for use with its high-resolution organ-specific PET scanner. The scanner's breast application is Po...

Advanced Imaging Technologies to Limit Breast and GI Biopsy Procedures

Growth will continue to occur through 2013, according to Millennium Research Group WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group's (MRG's) US Markets for Biopsy Devices 2009 report, the popularity of advanced imaging technologies will restrict the number of g...

Virtual biopsy can tell whether colon polyp is benign without removal, Mayo researchers say

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A probe so sensitive that it can tell whether or not a cell living within the human body is veering towards cancer development may revolutionize how future colonoscopies are done, say researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. Investigators have found that techn...

A guided broncoscope achieves biopsy of 75 percent pulmonary nodules without puncture or surgery

The release is available in Spanish . A broncoscope guided by means of electromagnetic navigation has managed to achieve the biopsy of 75% of pulmonary nodules greater than 2 cm, according to Doctor Luis Seijo, specialist in Pneumology at the University Hospital of Navarra. This is the hosp...

Breast Cancer Lymph Node Biopsy May Need Closer Look

Stray 'micrometastases' could be missed, harming long-term survival, study suggests WEDNESDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new long-term analysis of breast cancer patient survival suggests it might be time to update the way pathologists test lymph node biopsies. A team of New York...

Virtual biopsy cuts out need for diagnostic surgery

A non-invasive diagnostic tool to detect surface cancers quickly and painlessly using technology currently employed by gyms to calculate body composition has been developed by a QUT PhD medical physics researcher. Jye Smith from QUTs School of Physical and Chemical Sciences has developed a new ...

Study Supports Change to Prostate Cancer Biopsy

An added measure could boost test's ability to guide treatment TUESDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Adding an extra step to the standard test for prostate cancer might improve treatment for some men, a new study finds. Doctors now use what's known as the Gleason test -- named for th...

Less invasive lymph node biopsy method could spare thousands unnecessary operations

Barcelona, Spain: Using an ultrasound-guided fine needle to biopsy lymph nodes could spare thousands of melanoma patients every year worldwide from having to undergo unnecessary and sometimes unpleasant surgery to verify whether their cancer has spread, new research indicates. In a study prese...

Ultrasound can help low-risk patients avoid invasive thyroid biopsy

The prevalence of benign thyroid nodules is high and there are certain ultrasound features, suggesting malignancy, that can help radiologists determine whether or not a biopsy is needed, according to a study performed at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA....

11-gauge needle better than 14-gauge in breast biopsy

Stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast needle biopsy, a common minimally invasive biopsy method used in the US, is more effective with an 11-gauge needle than the 14-gauge needle decreasing a physician's chances of false-negative diagnoses, according to a study performed at the Stanford University Sc...

A rigorous method for liver biopsy

Liver biopsy is still considered the gold standard for grading, staging and "stad-ging" the chronic liver disease. In addition, it remains a primary source for acquiring new knowledge on the liver pathology. Demand for precise evaluations of the fibrosis and inflammatory tissue detectable in liver...

Through-Wave Ultrasound: Effective, Economical and Ideal for Breast Imaging, Biopsy

RICHLAND, Wash., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Imaging Technologies, today announced the ARIA Breast Imaging System (BIS) http://aitimaging.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=31, a real-time through-wave ultrasound imaging system that uses the diffractive properties o...

Noninvasive tests for cirrhosis may help to avoid liver biopsy

Philadelphia, PA, October 1, 2007 Newer ultrasound and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging tests yield encouraging initial results in diagnosing fibrosis (scarring) and cirrhosis of the liver, according to three studies in the October issue of the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. ...

Ultrasound Better Than Biopsy for Breast Examination

Researchers have reported that breast masses shown on ultrasound that are diagnosed as probably benign can be safely managed with imaging follow-up rather than biopsy. These findings indicate that ultrasound follow-up can spare women from unnecessary, invasive biopsies, said Oswald Graf, M.D....

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy is Linked With Increase in Breast Cancer Rates

According to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the incidence of some early stage metastatic breast cancers is increasing, but this finding is likely explained by changes in clinical practice. Deirdre Cronin-Fenton, Ph.D., of Aarhus University Hospital in Denm...

Self Hypnotic Relaxation Makes Breast Biopsy Easier and Less Painful

The first thing that a health professional has to cope with while performing a breast biopsy is the stress of a woman and this can be well controlled by an old technique called// hypnosis, which not only controlled the anxiety and pain faced by the patient but is also cost effective and avoids side...

Prostate Biopsy pain minimized

A new study at the Mayo Clinic has found that injecting an anesthetic at some points can decrease pain during prostate biopsy.// Men with abnormal digital rectal exams or elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests ( both appear for prostate cancer), usually get prostate biopsies done. N...

MRI-guided Breast Biopsy Pronounced a Success

An MRI-guided breast biopsy successfully removed the breast lesion by taking x-ray of the lesion as well as slices of the lesion, according to radiologists. "Contrast-enhanced// MRI of the breast is becoming increasingly useful in patients with lesions that cannot be detected with other techniques,...

Maggie Daley to Undergo a Surgery Biopsy to Remove a Tumor from Her Breast

Maggie Daley, Mayor Daley’s wife was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2002.// But the doctors recommended chemotherapy till Jan 2006 and suddenly revised her course of treatment and are planning to go in for a surgery biopsy to remove a residual tumor from her right breast. The proced...

Image-Guided Biopsy Can Alter Clinical Decisions In Kidney Patients

Researchers from the University of Michigan say that percutaneous image-guided biopsy is of a great help in kidney disease and can help significantly in accurately// diagnosing and predicting clinical outcomes. The researchers arrived at these conclusions after reviewing reviewed 153 kidney biopsie...

Novel biopsy technique for prostate cancer

Recently a more extensive biopsy detecting technique for prostate cancers has been found out by researchers.// This is very effective than the traditional examination. In the traditional exam for prostate cancer, the doctor takes six tissue samples from the prostate gland. At Ohio State Univer...

Targeted Anesthesia Can Minimize Pain During Prostate Biopsy

According to the latest study by the Mayo clinic, injecting an anesthetic at certain points can reduce the pain during prostate biopsy.// The new study that is being presented today at the annual meeting of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association, in San Diego, had fo...

Specimen Radiography Confirms Success of MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy

Radiologists can help confirm that an MRI-guided breast biopsy has successfully removed the lesion by taking an x-ray of the lesion and slices of the lesion, a new study// shows. “Contrast-enhanced MRI of the breast is becoming increasingly useful in patients with lesions that cannot be detec...

Many Opt for Surgery to Lower Breast, Ovarian Cancer Risk

... South Manchester NHS Trust, and professor at the University of Manchester, said in a news release. Evans and colleagues found that women who had a biopsy after undergoing risk evaluation were twice as likely to undergo mastectomy. Even when the tissue was benign, most of the women were likely to opt for...

Hologic Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Operating Results

...service revenues related to our increased installed base of Selenia full field digital mammography systems and an increase in revenues from our breast biopsy products. Diagnostics revenues, which include the Company's ThinPrep products, Full Term Fetal Fibronectin test, and the recently ...

Diagnostic tools and innovative therapies improve patient prognosis

...ion (WHO) criteria. Histology measures were assessed according to the worst biopsy score, average biopsy score and dysplasia index. After conducting the follow-up bronchoscopies, ...

F. Duwaine Townsen Joins SpectraScience Board of Directors

...s capable of determining whether tissue is normal, pre-cancerous or cancerous without physically removing tissue from the body. The WavSTAT(R) Optical biopsy System uses light to optically scan tissue and provides the physician with an immediate analysis. With FDA approval for sale in the U.S. and the CE Ma...

Colon capsule endoscopy diagnoses 64 percent of total polyps detected by conventional colonoscopy

... the in situ extirpation of polyps during exploration or the obtaining of a biopsy when required. Capsule endoscopy of the colon explores the large intesti...rtake a subsequent colonoscopy in order to extirpate it, whether a polyp or biopsy and, in the case of a cancer, and confirm its existence. Type of patients...

Pelosi Remarks at Press Conference Today on Health Care Reform and Medical Costs

...Health care. I was still worrying about the lump that hadn't gone away, so I went to see another doctor who had ordered an ultra-sound, a mammogram, a biopsy and I ultimately ended up being diagnosed with breast cancer. On July 24(,) 2007, I got a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. The ...

Increase in Thyroid Cancer Puzzles Experts

...th better detection. Until now, an uptick in cases seen over the past three decades was attributed to increased use of ultrasound and image-guided biopsy to detect tumors. Some researchers had found that thyroid cancer was diagnosed more often in areas with higher incomes and less in uninsured populati...

Hoag Hospital Breast Care Center Recognized as a Certified Quality Breast Center

...osition as a leading Breast Care Center in the nation." Hoag's comprehensive breast center provides the latest imaging and minimally invasive biopsy procedures, as well as advanced breast conserving surgical techniques including oncoplastics. The center provides a multidisciplinary care team of br...

VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans Visits Dallas

...mental funding was sent to facilities for women's health equipment, training and supplies (including DEXA scans, mammography machines, ultra-sound and biopsy equipment). Women Veterans' program managers, advocates and advisors for women Veterans were made full-time positions at every VA facility, as...