Hospitals Look to Nuclear Tool to Fight Cancer
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A push by medical centers to turn nuclear particle accelerators into weapons against cancer reflects the best and worst of Americaâs health system, experts say.
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Dentists could test patients' spit for breast cancer if a new device gets the go-ahead.
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Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon is to send trouble-shooters to tackle cancer treatment waiting lists in two health board areas.
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Implanting tiny radioactive "seeds" in the prostate, a treatment called brachytherapy, may be all that is needed to combat low-risk forms of prostate cancer, new research suggests.
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Patients treated with radioactive material face an increased risk of triggering security alarms because more guards are being equipped with sensitive radiation detectors, a report said Tuesday.
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In the battle against cancer, saving two patients out of 17 may seem modest enough. But researchers see hope that using genetically altered immune cells to attack tumors -- as was done in this study -- may hold the key to eventually defeating various cancers.
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Radiotherapy can be a better option than surgery for people with bladder cancer, say experts.
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A hospital here is taking part in a clinical trial designed to improve the sex drives of female cancer survivors.
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A paint which illuminates cancer cells could help surgeons remove tumours accurately, scientists say.
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A technique would let scientists use a patientâs skin cell to generate new heart, liver or kidney cells that might be transplantable.
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The University of Colorado Hospital will begin using a robot to mix chemotherapy drugs for patients later this month.
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Researchers have developed a  checklist of measures they say could improve the quality of  care for people undergoing colon cancer surgery.
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A device from Argonne National Lab takes a fresh approach to generating t-rays.
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge develop new treatments for cancer.
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A third of cancer patients are using complementary and alternative therapies, research suggests.
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The US National Cancer Institute announced a new five-year plan on Monday to develop the use of tiny tools to fight cancer, saying nanotechnology
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