Clinical Trials

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News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)

Stereotactic Radiation Highly Effective for Kidney Cancer

May 3, 2017 — Kidney cancer patients may soon have an alternative to traditional treatments, according to new research ...

May 03, 2017

News | Radiation Therapy

Three-Week Radiation Therapy Treatment Post-Mastectomy Safe and Effective

May 2, 2017 — A shorter course of radiation therapy given to breast cancer patients following mastectomy is safe and ...

May 02, 2017

News | PET-CT

PET/CT Helps Predict Therapy Effectiveness in Pediatric Brain Tumors

May 2, 2017 — In a first-ever molecular drug-imaging study in children, researchers in The Netherlands used whole-body ...

May 02, 2017

News | Lung Imaging

Men Need More Frequent Lung Cancer Screening Than Women

May 2, 2017 — Men need more frequent lung cancer screening than women, according to research presented at the European ...

May 02, 2017

News | Mammography

Breast Cancers Found by Mammography Do Not Regress If Left Untreated

May 1, 2017 — Breast cancers detected by mammography screening do not spontaneously disappear or regress if left ...

May 01, 2017

News | Radiation Therapy

Early Stereotactic Radiosurgery Improves Outcomes for Nonfunctioning Pituitary Macroadenoma Patients

April 27, 2017 — Jason P. Sheehan, M.D., Ph.D., FAANS, winner of the Leksell Radiosurgery Award, presented his research ...

April 27, 2017

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Philips Showcases Newest MR-based Innovations at ISMRM 2017

April 24, 2017 — Philips announced that it will feature the company’s latest magnetic resonance (MR) solutions and ...

April 24, 2017

News | SPECT Imaging

SPECT/CT Imaging Test Shown Accurate in Ruling Out Kidney Cancers

April 24, 2017 — The latest in a series of studies led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine shows that addition of a ...

April 24, 2017

News | Medical 3-D Printing

3-D-printed Model of Stenotic Intracranial Artery Enables Vessel-Wall MRI Standardization

April 18, 2017 — A collaboration between stroke neurologists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and ...

April 18, 2017

News | Medical 3-D Printing

3-D Prints Compare Effectiveness of Top Surgical Techniques for Repairing Heel Deformity

April 18, 2017 — Using 3-D models of a patient’s foot, investigators at Cedars-Sinai have found that the three leading ...

April 18, 2017

News | Radiation Dose Management

University of California Study Searches for Consistent CT Dose Best Practices

April 17, 2017 — A new study led by UC San Francisco has found that radiation doses can be safely and effectively ...

April 17, 2017

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

New MRI Technique Shows Effectiveness of Cystic Fibrosis Drug

April 14, 2017 ― Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have developed an imaging technique ...

April 14, 2017

News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy

Theraclion Reports Positive Long-Term Echopulse Results in Breast Fibroadenoma

April 12, 2017 — Theraclion announced results of a study evaluating the long-term assessment of breast fibroadenoma ...

April 12, 2017

News | Women's Health

Study Finds Breast Cancer Rates Increasing Among Asian Americans

April 12, 2017 — In contrast to other U.S. racial/ethnic groups, Asian Americans have experienced steadily increasing ...

April 12, 2017

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News | Neuro Imaging

Functional MRI Reveals Links Between Patience and Imagination in the Brain

April 6, 2017 — By using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to look inside the brain, neuroscientists at the ...

April 06, 2017

radiotherapy, radiation therapy, CHLA, Children's Hospital Los Angeles study, young children, brain tumors, outcomes, Pediatric Blood & Cancer

News | Radiation Therapy

Further Reductions in Radiotherapy to Young Children with Brain Tumors Results in Less Successful Outcomes

April 6, 2017 — A team of investigators has determined that young children participating in a clinical trial to assess ...

April 06, 2017

FDG-PET, cell mutations, lung cancer patients, non-small cell lung cancer, NSCLC, Journal of Nuclear Medicine study

News | PET Imaging

Advanced FDG-PET Image Analysis Identifies Cell Mutations in Cancer Patients

April 5, 2017 — Researchers have used positron emission tomography (PET) to successfully identify genetic cell mutations ...

April 05, 2017

digital breast tomosynthesis, DBT, 3-D mammography, breast imaging, re-excision rate, breast surgeries, ECR 2017, Kubtec Mozart System

News | Mammography

Study Finds Digital Tomosynthesis Can Reduce Re-Excision in Breast Surgeries 50 Percent

April 4, 2017 — A study presented at the 2017 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) has concluded that adding digital ...

April 04, 2017

high-intensity focused ultrasound, HIFU, prostate tissue ablation, after radiotherapy, EDAP TMS SA, Ablatherm, British Journal of Urology International study

News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy

Clinical Results Support High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Tissue Ablation After Unsuccessful Radiotherapy

March 29, 2017 — EDAP TMS SA announced the publication of a peer-reviewed article that analyzed Ablatherm Robotic HIFU ...

March 29, 2017

lung cancer recurrence, biomarker blood test, CT scans, 2017 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium, clinical study

News | Lung Imaging

Biomarker Blood Test Shows Lung Cancer Recurrence Months Before CT Scans

March 28, 2017 — Results from a prospective clinical trial showed a blood test looking at specific biomarkers was able ...

March 28, 2017