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2007
Computer-Aided Detection Reduces the Accuracy of Mammograms Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) that uses software designed to improve how radiologists interpret mammograms may instead make readings less accurate, according to new research. Apr 6, 2007 MRI Detects Cancers in the Opposite Breast of Women Newly Diagnosed with Breast Cancer Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans of women who were diagnosed with cancer in one breast detected over 90 percent of cancers in the other breast that were missed by mammography and clinical breast exam at initial diagnosis, according to a new study. Apr 6, 2007 Researchers Discover a Common Variation in a Gene Segment that Increases the Risk for Prostate Cancer Researchers report that a variation in a portion of DNA strongly predicts prostate cancer risk and that this common variation may be responsible for up to 20 percent of prostate cancer cases in white men in the United States. Apr 6, 2007 White House Press Secretary Tony Snow Now to Battle Liver Cancer The following is the exerpt from the White House press briefing that delt primarily with the news of White House Press Secretary Snow's reoccurance of cancer. Mar 27, 2007 New Molecular Imaging Compound Pinpoints Metastases in Mice Researchers have created a new imaging compound that fluoresces only when processed by cancer cells. Use of this compound allowed scientists to visualize 92 percent of the very small tumors in mice with ovarian cancer. Mar 22, 2007 Cancer's Return Shouldn't Limit Elizabeth Edwards John and Elizabeth Edwards announced Thursday that Elizabeth Edwards' breast cancer had returned, this time spreading -- but perhaps remaining localized to -- a rib on her right side. Her doctor, Dr. Lisa Carey, described the tumor as Stage IV metastatic disease. Mar 22, 2007 Variation in a Gene May Help Protect against Breast Cancer A large-scale analysis of data on breast cancer risk has concluded that a common variation in the gene caspase-8 (CASP8) is associated with a somewhat lower risk of the disease. Feb 23, 2007 Mammography Rates Decline in Women 40 and Older Mammography rates in women aged 40 and over have declined from 76.4 percent in 2000 to 74.6 percent in 2005, a statistically significant decrease. Feb 8, 2007 Arsenic Compound Improves Survival of Adults with Uncommon Form of Leukemia Adult patients with previously untreated acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) who had standard chemotherapy to induce remission of their disease, and then received the chemotherapy drug arsenic trioxide to maintain remission, had a significantly better event-free survival Feb 8, 2007 Emissions from Household Coal Combustion Cause Cancer Indoor emissions from household combustion of coal are carcinogenic in the Group 1 category to humans, and are associated primarily with an increased risk of lung cancer. Jan 23, 2007 |
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