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Seattle WA (SPX) May 20, 2008 - Calypso Medical has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a new indication for the use of implantable Beacon electromagnetic transponders with the Calypso System in external beam radiation therapy.
Plastic surgeons performed more than five million reconstructive procedures in 2007 -ranging from repairing dog bite wounds and birth defects to removing tumors and reconstructing breasts following mastectomy. Who are these people? What happened to them? How has reconstructive surgery changed...
Aggressive multi-modality treatments may lead to better outcomes A new study from University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) finds that elderly patients - Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Medicare-linked database, the researchers led by Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan,...
A University of Nebraska Medical Center-led pilot study that showed antidepressants can significantly reduce the risk of depression for head and neck cancer patients is the focus of an article published today in the Archives of Otolaryngolgy -- one of the publications produced by the Journal of...
DDW 2008 Annual Meeting -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery announced that the results from its pivotal trial demonstrated physician/nurse teams using the SEDASYS(TM) System reduced the risk of over sedation with propofol in patients undergoing screening and diagnostic procedures for colorectal cancer...
Lung Cancer Symptoms and Treatment Patients who have undergone surgical procedures for the removal of lung cancer can tolerate and benefit from exercise regimens started just a month after surgery, according to a new study led by researchers at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. "Previous...
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- BARRX Medical, Inc., a global technology leader in treating Barrett's esophagus, today announced the publication of two related European trials which report a 100% eradication rate for early esophageal cancer and pre-cancerous dysplasia using endoscopic...
Patients in the United States today are now much more likely to be diagnosed with smaller tumors, in the earliest, most treatable stage of kidney cancer than a decade ago, leading to a slightly higher survival rate, according to the results of a national study led by a UC San Diego Medical Center...
Breast cancer patients should undergo routine surveillance for sub-clinical lymphoedema, concludes a study published in Cancer. The study, which was conducted in the US, showed that compression garments introduced early in the course of lymphoedema can be used to effectively treat the sub...
BOSTON (WBZ) ― Treatment and prognosis for Sen. Edward Kennedy's malignant brain tumor largely depends on the size, type and location of the tumor, WBZ's Dr. Mallika Marshall said. Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday that preliminary biopsy results showed a malignant glioma in...
