January 13, 2010 - Compared to computed tomography (CT), mammography and other commonly used tests, positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) scans of the whole body may more accurately detect cancer in individuals with related neurologic disorders, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the March print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives

January 13, 2010 - Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is often recommended for patients with advanced cancer to receive quick access to palliative radiotherapy.

January 12, 2010 - United Health Services (UHS) in Binghamton, N.Y., had a vision to be a tightly integrated healthcare system by 2011, and to be recognized by patients, physicians, and community leaders as a leading provider of health services and distinguished for superior clinical capabilities and outcomes.

January 11, 2010 – HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States and is recognized as the leading cause of cervical cancer. About 80 percent of women in the United States will have an HPV infection in their lifetimes.

January 11, 2010 - Reirradiation using fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) after previous radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer is feasible, concluded researchers a study published in the Official Journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

January 11, 2010 - Interventional radiologists at Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock, Ark., recently became one of the first physicians in the U.S. to performed a technique, which uses an electric current instead of heat or freezing to permanently open cell membrane pores in the tumor, using irreversible electroporation (IRE). The IRE method does not require any chemotherapy.

January 8, 2010 - The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) will fund at least 10 new Creativity and 20 new multi-year Young Investigator Awards in the first half of 2010 to support innovative research in the field of cancer research. This new round of funding will support many projects that would otherwise be left unfunded due to cutbacks in federal funding and the global recession.

January 6, 2010 - Montefiore Medical Center recently became the first hospital on the East Coast to conduct radiofrequency ablation to shrink uterine fibroids in women 30 years and older.

January 6, 2010 - While the definition of “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHRs) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is still pending, vendors are seeking to get IT products certified in hopes it will soon pay off.