Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist Margaret Balobeck wants you to know that nuclear medicine has nothing whatsoever to do with nuclear weapons. Balobeck, who joined the staff of Northern Cochise Community Hospital in…
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CoreLab Partners Completes First TQT Study in Japan
CoreLab Partners, Inc, the global entity resulting from the merger between RadPharm and Medifacts International in February of this year, has recently completed the first ever regulatory mandated Thorough QT (TQT) study…
Vaccine Extends Survival For Patients With Deadly Brain Cancers
A new vaccine added to standard therapy appears to offer a survival advantage for patients suffering from glioblastoma (GBM), the most deadly form of brain cancer, according to a study from researchers…
Radiation Pharmacogenomics Identifies Biomarkers That Could Personalize Cancer Treatment
Radiation therapy is used to treat more than half of all cancer cases, but patient response to therapy can vary greatly. Genetics is increasingly being recognized as a significant contributor to inter-individual…
Diagnostic tests, pathology and staging
In last week’s article, I discussed transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) and prostate needle biopsy and how physicians use the Gleason score to grade prostate cancer. The focus today will continue on the methods…
Nuclear Medicine at St. Mary’s Hospital Earns Accreditation
St. Mary’s Hospital (SMH) recently received accreditation from the American College of Radiology (ACR) for its Nuclear Medicine services. The hospital received the three-year accreditation with no follow-up requirements or questions. “This…
Evaluation of Targeted Therapy in Ovarian Cancer
Research reported in the October issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) shows that a molecular imaging technique may prove useful in early assessment of treatment response for cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer….
New Microwave Therapy Could Reduce Mastectomies
Researchers from university of Oklahoma have found a novel method that not only destroys a large number of cancer cells but also cuts down the need for mastectomies by 90%.The new therapy…
Personalized medicine for breast cancer patients through multigene test
Personalized medicine is showing increasing popularity in the field of oncology. It can be defined as medical care that it is based on the biological characteristics of individual patients. By using genomics…
Screening for breast cancer at age 40 or earlier
Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) have recommended that breast cancer screening should start by the age of 40 or earlier in high risk patients with…
Novel biodegradable nanoparticles for drug delivery
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University have created biodegradable nanosized particles that can easily slip through the body’s sticky and viscous mucus secretions to deliver a sustained-release medication cargo. The mucus-penetrating biodegradable…
Pomegranates could inhibit hormone-dependant breast cancer.
According to a study published in the January issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research,eating pomegranate or drinking pomegranate juice could prevent estrogen dependant breast…