News articles tagged with 'biopsy' (Page 2)
Women with personal history of breast cancer should be screened with MRI
— 29 Nov 2010 14:22 | HealthWomen with a personal history of breast cancer should consider annual screening with MRI in addition to mammography, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the…
Diagnosis uncertainty increases anxiety in patients
— 29 Nov 2010 14:07 | HealthHave you ever felt uneasy sitting in a doctor's waiting room or climbed the walls waiting for your test results? That feeling of anxious uncertainty can be more stressful than knowing…
ESHRE publishes new PGD guidelines
— 23 Oct 2010 16:30 | HealthThe four guidelines include one outlining the organisation of a PGD centre and three relating to the methods used: amplification-based testing, fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH)-based…
Forensic scientists use postmortem imaging-guided biopsy to determine natural causes of death
— 22 Oct 2010 15:55 | HealthResearchers found that the combination of computed tomography (CT), postmortem CT angiography (CTA) and biopsy can serve as a minimally invasive option for determining natural causes…
Risk of infection after ultrasound-guided procedures is low, study suggests
— 22 Sep 2010 08:58 | HealthThe incidence of serious infection after common ultrasound-guided procedures, such as biopsy, fine-needle aspiration (a form of biopsy) and thoracentesis (procedure involving needle…
New warning signs may predict kidney transplant failure
— 3 Sep 2010 10:37 | HealthKidney transplants that show a combination of fibrosis (scarring) and inflammation after one year are at higher risk of long-term transplant failure, according to a study appearing…
Novel autoantibodies identified in patients with necrotising myopathy
— 19 Aug 2010 16:32 | HealthResearchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have identified a subgroup of patients with necrotising myopathy who have a novel autoantibody specificity that makes them…
Diagnostic blood test can identify rare lung disease
— 6 Jul 2010 10:25 | HealthResearchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre have found that a certain blood test can successfully identify lymphangioleiomyomatosis…
Use of less invasive, imaging-guided biopsies on the rise
— 29 Jun 2010 09:41 | HealthAdvanced imaging technologies have helped shift biopsy techniques away from more invasive approaches toward imaging-guided percutaneous - or through the skin - techniques, according…
Endoscopic findings of cytomegalovirus gastritis
— 25 Jun 2010 11:47 | HealthCytomegalovirus (CMV) disease is a serious complication after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT), which is widely accepted as a curative therapy for advanced…