Medicsight Launches ColonCAD(TM) Online CTC Platform
NEW YORK, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medicsight PLC, a subsidiary of MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: MGT ) and an industry leader in the development of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) and image analysis software that assists radiologists in the early detection of disease, is plea...CMS Decision - No Material Financial Impact to Medicsight
...ligible screening population in the United States. ctc continues to be reimbursed by Medicare for diagnos...e insurance coverage that is likely to provide for ctc screening. Despite Medicare's decision, 28 US Sta...er of private payers have already started to offer ctc as a "covered benefit" in their insurance policies...CMS Denial of Coverage for Virtual Colonoscopy May Cost Lives
...e lives. "The percentage of patients at risk for the disease who have opted to be screened has not dramatically increased in more than 30 years. ctc is the technology that can overcome many stigmas associated with colorectal cancer screening, get more patients to be screened, and dramatically reduc...Future for radioembolisation in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
...ASL) criteria with sequential computed tomography scans till the last clinical visit or death. The safety of this technique was evaluated according to ctc toxicity criteria. 51/71 patients had a follow-up of at least six months. 52/71 patients had liver cirrhosis. 7.30% of the patients had portal vei...New study argues for CT colonography as primary colon cancer screening test
...dy showed that 677/739 lesions (91.6%) detected on ctc were also found during optical colonoscopy or surgery. "This means that when a radiologist calls a ctc exam positive, the endoscopist can be confident that a treatable polyp is present. The ctc exam can also show the endoscopist where the polyp...Teleradiology offers CT colonography to rural areas
...ersity). Technologists at the facilities performed ctc on the patients and the data obtained was then sen...al teleradiology server where it was uploaded to a ctc workstation and interpreted by an off-site radiologist. "Out of the 86 patients who had ctc examinations, we obtained 77 technically satisfact...American College of Gastroenterology Issues Updated Colorectal Cancer Guidelines
...includes CRC as an alternative in light of recent studies which reveal that ctc has a 90 percent sensitivity for colon polyps larger than 1 centimeter. The College does not consider ctc as an equivalent to colonoscopy as a screening strategy for several reasons...Levels of Circulating Tumor Cells Could Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome
...rs report. They studied the association between ctc numbers (before and after treatment) and survival,...irst-line chemotherapy regimens. High values of ctc numbers and PSA levels before treatment were assoc...ur, eight and 12 weeks after treatment, changes in ctc numbers were strongly associated with increased ri...iCAD Initiates Clinical Study of Its Virtual Colonoscopy CAD in Partnership with ACR Image Metrix
...ed, due at least in part to the invasive nature of current screening procedures such as colonoscopy. Results from recent trials including the National ctc Trial conducted by the ACR Imaging Network (ACRIN) that demonstrated the effectiveness of virtual colonoscopy as a screening procedure, coupled with r...iCAD Announces Partnership for Initiating Clinical Testing of Its Virtual Colonoscopy CAD Product
...r of ACRIN and played a pivotal role in advancing several national trials including the National CT Colonography Trial that recently demonstrated that ctc is highly accurate for the detection of intermediate and large polyps and that the accuracy of CTC is similar to colonoscopy. About ACR Image Metrix...Viatronix V3D-Colon Utilized in 'Another' Landmark Study
...e New England Journal of Medicine compared primary ctc screening in 3,120 adults with primary OC screening in 3,163 adults and found that primary ctc and OC for colon cancer screening provide similar ...and complications were considerably smaller in the ctc group. The study was conducted at the University o...Dana-Farber oncologists present at ASCO GU -- predict prostate cancer survival using Source MDx test
...ggressive vs. non-aggressive CRPC patients. In the study, circulating tumor cell (CTC) counts were not predictive of survival. In fact, the highest ctc counts (931 and 263) were found in patients from the low risk group. The Halabi nomogram, a commonly used clinical prognostic factor that uses seven ...GUMC and Oak Ridge National Labs announce unique research partnership
...ct the earliest metastatic spread of cancer tumors using circulating tumor cells (CTC) in patients' blood. The goal is to evaluate the microdevice for ctc capture in blood samples from patients with breast and other epithelial malignancies (such as ovarian cancer) at Georgetown. Being able to enhance the...Quality not quantity important for immune response to HIV
...TCs. It was previously thought that the bigger the ctc response, the more effective it would be. It is th...ssor Goulder and colleagues found that the type of ctc response is crucial and that some types of respons...ather than developing a vaccine with a spectrum of ctc responses, we may need to look at a more targeted ...Prix Galien USA Announces 2009 Final Candidates
... Boston Scientific, TAXUS (R) DCA Design, Lantus(R)( )SoloSTAR(R) GlaxoSmithKline, Veramyst(R)( )Mistpro(TM) Veridex, CellSearch(R) ctc Test "Nominees for the Prix Galien USA stand apart from other drugs and technologies in the marketplace for the amount of research and ...Cleveland Clinic Recognizes Circulating Tumor Cell Technology as Top Medical Innovation for 2009
...CellSearch(R) for the past two years to regularly monitor the prognosis of his population of metastatic breast cancer patients. "Knowing a patient's ctc count provides a second measurement, complementary to traditional imaging, to help me assess the prognosis of a patient and gauge her response to curr...Lilly to Acquire ImClone Systems in $6.5 Billion Transaction
...ons were due to cardiac events Electrolyte Depletion -- Hypomagnesemia occurred in 55% (199/365) of patients receiving ERBITUX and was severe (NCI ctc grades 3 & 4) in 6-17%. The onset of hypomagnesemia and accompanying electrolyte abnormalities occurred days to months after initiation of ERBITUX the...Connecticut Technology Council to Recognize Fast Growing Technology Companies
...epreneur, I know the value this recognition can have for any company," said ctc Chairman, David Reisner, CEO of the Nano Group. The Council will spotlight ...ideas and opportunities to the global technology and innovation community." ctc provides members with business assistance and specialized programs, in addi...Pharsight Welcomes Newest Japanese PKS, AutoPilot Customer
...), WinNonlin(R) AutoPilot(TM), and PKS Reporter(TM). This sale marks the first sale of an enterprise solution through Pharsight's Japanese distributor ctc Laboratory Systems and the fourth new customer for WinNonlin AutoPilot since the product's release in June of last year. This new agreement brings Pha...