Safe and effective – Researchers have found that tumour “separation surgery” followed by high-dose hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) or high-dose single-fraction SRS is safe and effective in controlling… read more.
Magnetic resonance ultrasound fusion biopsy may aid in selection of patients for active surveillance versus aggressivetherapy, new study in The Journal of Urology® reports
Companionship has the potential to reduce pain linked to nerve damage, according to a new study.
While scientific evidence suggests that less is typically more when it comes to diagnosing and treating low-back pain in the US, the number of expensive imaging exams and… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – FDA Highlights – Treatment with denosumab decreases the number of tumor giant cells in patients with giant-cell tumor of the bone, and increases new… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from The Lancet – Radiotherapy given immediately after prostate removal surgery has a long-term benefit of preventing progression of the disease, researchers reported… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – Researchers comparing methods for treating low-grade gliomas have found early surgical resection produced… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Patients with diabetes and multi-vessel coronary artery disease who undergo bypass surgery live longer, and they are less likely to have complications than those… read more.
Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), lesion surgery, and other new and innovative technologies are currently being used at UF to treat the symptoms of Parkinson’s… read more.
Erin M. Dunbar, M.D., Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Preston A. Wells, Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida.
by Marybeth Burke – Wisconsin grown ginseng significantly reduced cancer related fatigue in patients receiving cancer treatment after 8 weeks of ginseng treatment,
by Marybeth Burke – The investigational drug BMS-936558 caused tumour shrinkage in up to a quarter of patients with advanced melanoma, kidney and NSCLC cancers,
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