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Latest Advances In Minimally Invasive Medicine Featured At Society Of Interventional Radiology Meeting March 13-18 In … (Medical News Today)
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) will present the latest research on treatments for individuals with liver, breast, soft tissue, colon, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancers; painful spinal fractures; peripheral arterial disease (PAD); uterine fibroids; and more at its 35th Annual Scientific Meeting March 13 -18 at the Tampa Convention Center. More than 5,000... »
High risk of colorectal, endometrial and Lynch syndrome cancers for MSH6 mutation carriers (PhysOrg)
People carrying the germ-line MSH6 mutation are at high risk by age 80 years for colorectal and endometrial cancers and any cancer associated with Lynch syndrome, according to a new study published online December 22 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (read here…) Related items Nanoparticle Cocktail Targets and Kills Tumors (PhysOrg) PSA ‘Nanotest’ May Spot... »
Nanomaterial used in cancer tests, medicine delivery (Nature via Yahoo! News)
Scientists have used nanosensors for the quick detection of cancers through blood tests, with nanomaterial also enabling the release of medicine at targeted organs, said studies released Sunday. (more…) Related items Latest Advances In Minimally Invasive Medicine Featured At Society Of Interventional Radiology Meeting March 13-18 In … (Medical News Today) Nanomaterials may help fight cancer (Science Daily) Big... »
Drug-Delivery Breakthrough Relies on Nanoparticles to Starve Pancreatic Cancer Cells (Medical Device Link)
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most dangerous and intractable of all cancers. But now, a team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston) under Tayyaba Hasan , a professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School, has developed two nanoparticles that can deliver two or more drugs simultaneously, shrinking pancreatic cancer tumors and reducing... »
Big Hope for Tiny Particles (Technology Review)
Nanotechnology-based drug delivery offers new treatment options for deadly pancreatic cancers. (more…) Related items Latest Advances In Minimally Invasive Medicine Featured At Society Of Interventional Radiology Meeting March 13-18 In … (Medical News Today) Nanomaterial used in cancer tests, medicine delivery (Nature via Yahoo! News) Harness technology to reduce drug cost (CIOL) Nanomaterials may help fight cancer (Science Daily) Magnetic drug... »
