cancer
GE Healthcare to Invest $1B in Oncology Solutions
Sep 16, 2011
GE Healthcare announced its plans to dedicate $1 billion of its total R&D budget over the next five years to expand its advanced cancer diagnostic and...
A Moral Imperative: Produce Radioisotopes on U.S. Soil
Feb 23, 2011
Much of nuclear medicine depends on a steady supply of an isotope called molybdenum-99—“Mo-99” for short. A byproduct of nuclear fission, Mo...
Cooler Heads Prevail in Chemo
Dec 28, 2010
One of the most common side effects of undergoing chemotherapy is hair loss. Not only can it affect the emotional well-being of the patient, but it can...
Reconstructing Hope After Mastectomy
Nov 05, 2010
Having a mastectomy leads to not only a physical change, but it also has a personal effect on a patient. Many patients opt for reconstructive surgery, and a...
Voodoo or Viable Treatment?
Jun 08, 2010
An Israeli company called NovoCure debuted its technology to fight brain cancer at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in ...
Dogs—The Newest Diagnostic Devices
Jun 03, 2010
Dogs have been known to sniff out all kinds of things, including drugs, bombs, and missing people. A team of Parisian researchers now concludes that tumors can...
Researchers Point to False Positives, Anxiety from CT Scans
Apr 20, 2010
A report in the Annals of Internal Medicine earlier this week indicates that smokers have an increased (one in five) chance of having a false positive...
FDA Clears Robotic Surgery Method for Treating Neck Cancer
Jan 04, 2010
FDA has cleared a minimally invasive method for treating benign and certain malignant tumors in the neck and throat. The approach--cleared for TransOral...
Biopsy Needle Delivers Tumor-Tracking Implant
Sep 08, 2009
Using a biopsy needle, doctors may be able to deliver a device that monitors cancer—whether it's the growth of a tumor or the progress of chemotherapy....