Clinical News: Page 2894

Breast cancer research delves into post-APBI complications, disease risk in black women

By Shalmali Pal

Two studies take a closer look at the epidemiology of breast cancer, as well as a potential complication of treating the disease. First, East Coast investigators reported persistent seroma after accelerated partial-breast irradiation. In the second study, a multidisciplinary team sought out breast subtypes in African-American women.

June 5, 2006

Acusphere licenses US contrast technology rights from GE

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere has agreed to license on a nonexclusive basis various ultrasound-related intellectual property from GE Healthcare.

June 5, 2006

Cardiac SPECT/CT fusion captures SNM's Image of the Year

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

SAN DIEGO - A fused cardiac image rendered through the combination of dual-head SPECT with 64-slice CT technology by researchers from the University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland was awarded the Society of Nuclear Medicine's (SNM) 2006 Image of the Year on Monday afternoon.

June 5, 2006

Adaptive trigger delay compensates for motion in cardiac MR

By Eric Barnes

The heart has resisted attempts to image it crisply in every modality. Cardiac MRI in particular has struggled with the effects of cardiac motion. But now a new study proposes an adaptive trigger delay method to compensate for beat-to-beat variations in coronary motion.

June 5, 2006

Accuracy of colon cancer staging boosted with 'all-in-one' PET/CT algorithm

By Shalmali Pal

SAN DIEGO - A whole-body colorectal cancer staging algorithm that includes PET/CT can improve accuracy while shortening the time to treatment, according to a presentation this week at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) meeting.

June 5, 2006

Hormone therapy, radiation reduce early-stage prostate cancer recurrence; yoga benefits breast cancer patients

By Peggy Peck

ATLANTA - Data from seven randomized trials suggest that combining adjuvant hormonal therapy with radiotherapy will significantly reduce the risk of recurrence in patients with early-stage prostate cancer, while another study found that yoga may benefit women undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer, researchers reported Sunday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting.

June 4, 2006