Society of Nuclear Medicine professionals explore molecular imaging, present research highlights
...cular nuclear medicine, brain imaging, pediatrics, oncology and therapy, thyroid cancer, coding and reimbursement. More than 1,600 scientific, technologist and technologist-student abstracts will be presented, as well as 88 scientific, 4 technologist and 4 technologist-student oral sessions. A "Meet the Auth...Medical advances, new discoveries highlighted at Society of Nuclear Medicine's 52nd Annual Meeting
...cular nuclear medicine, brain imaging, pediatrics, oncology and therapy, thyroid cancer, coding and reimbursement. More than 1,600 scientific, technologist and technologist-student abstracts will be presented, as well as 88 scientific, 4 technologist and 4 technologist-student oral sessions. The annual meetin...David M. Goldenberg receives Society of Nuclear Medicine's 2005 Paul C. Aebersold Award
...tion, he was chairman of the merit review board in oncology of the Veterans Administration and a member of the Experimental Immunology Study Section of the National Institutes of Health. "I am humbled to be among these giants of nuclear medicine," said Goldenberg, adding, "I am especially grateful to the soc...Pomegranate juice for moms may help babies resist brain injury
...urological parallel to chemoprevention, an area of oncology research focused on finding naturally-occurring substances in foods that reduce the chances of developing cancer. "For pregnant women previously interested in the neuroprotective effects of red wine, these results suggest that pomegranate juice may p...National Academies advisory: June 29 public briefing on ionizing radiation
..., Mass. WILLIAM C. DEWEY, professor of radiation oncology and director, Radiation Research Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco ETHEL S. GILBERT, biostatistician, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md. KATHERINE E. ROWAN, associate chair, department of communication, George Mason Universit...Interim data suggest major response with Aranesp(R) in anemic patients with MDS
....D., professor of medicine, hematology and medical oncology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York and th...mortality observed in this study is unknown. In an oncology study with another erythropoietic product, where the target Hb was 12 - 14 g/dL, an increased incide...PET can identify effectiveness of chemotherapy early in high-risk breast cancer patients
...ily as a diagnostic tool in cardiology, neurology, oncology and many other medical specialties. To image cancer, a radiopharmaceutical such as fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), which includes both sugar (metabolized at a higher rate by cancer cells) and a radionuclide, is injected into the patient. Because cancer cel...Siemens Medical solutions pledges $1.5 million to accelerate clinical cancer research
... of cancer patients has become essential to modern oncology practice, and its usefulness will only increase as rapidly developing technologies make their way into practice." McCausland continued, "With the recent formation of our new molecular imaging division, Siemens has intensified its focus on detecting...Broccoli packs powerful punch to bladder cancer cells
...uthor and an associate professor of hematology and oncology at Ohio State. "There are at least a dozen interesting compounds in the vegetable. "We're now studying more of those compounds to determine if they work together or independently, and what kind of effects they have on cancer cells," he added. Broccol...BRCA1 tumor suppression nullified by cyclin D1 at the estrogen receptor
...e laboratory by Dr. Eliot M. Rosen, a professor of oncology at Georgetown University and a co-investigator on this study, showing that BRCA1 interacts with, and inhibits the activity of ER alpha, the protein that transduces the growth signal of estrogen. "This may help explain why the cyclin D1 gene and the ...Researchers find BRCA1 tumor suppression nullified by cyclin D1
... Participating in the research from the Georgetown oncology department were Saijun Fan, Zhiping Li, Maofu Fu, Mahadev Rao, Yongxian Ma, and Chris Albanese. This paper, Pestell said, identifies the mechanism by which cyclin D1 nullifies one activity of the tumor suppressor BRCA1. "Cyclin D1 is a collaborative ...Cancer therapies during childhood can damage developing teeth
... between specialists in children's haematology and oncology and specialists in various fields of dentistry is of fundamental importance in providing for these children the best possible dental care in the future," Pivi Hltt says....NIH, UNC scientists find anti-cancer drugs might work in treating deadly aging disease
..., Cox and Der are associate professor of radiation oncology and pharmacology and professor of pharmacology and...James Fiordalisi, assistant professor of radiation oncology at UNC; and Dr. Karen N. Conneely of the University of Michigan School of Public Health. "Fortunatel...Cancer drug target Chk1 may also be source of drug resistance
...stitute's Cancer Center and now vice president for oncology research at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, together with his colleagues, found that the Chk1 protein responds with cell-survival activity to stressful conditions induced by hypoxia and certain anticancer drugs. Furthermore these same conditions target Chk1 ...$25 million NIH grant funds new technologies for rapid mass screening of radiation exposure
...d J. Brenner, Ph.D., D.Sc., professor of radiation oncology and public health, Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Brenner is principal investigator of the consortium. Short Timeframe for Care "Rapid triage is especially important as some treatmen...$16 million grant advances nanomedicine at Washington University
...ment of cancer." In addition to developing general oncology applications, the SCCNE will focus its efforts on breast cancer and melanoma detection and treatment. Some projects planned for the Center include targeting of multiple tumors for early detection of cancer, a nanoparticle-based contrast agent for ult...New test proves effective in more cancers
...lopment because of their strong credentials in the oncology field....Scottsdale Healthcare, TGen announce strategic alliance
...," said Susan Brown, associate vice president for oncology services at Scottsdale Healthcare. Additional physician researchers are being recruited to support TCRS, she said. "We are honing in on the pathways to help tailor the right drug to the right patient through molecular profiling," said Dr. Von Hoff. "...US government $20M NIAID grant funds Proteome Systems' 'catalytic scavenger compounds'
...er, a cancer researcher and professor of radiation oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, whose research has been devoted to developing methods for preventing and treating radiation injuries. Consortium member MCW hosts a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) Centre for Medical ......ford University School of Medicine, and in medical oncology and cancer prevention and control at the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson. He will give an award lecture entitled, "Reducing the 'Risk' of Chemoprevention: Defining High Risk," on Monday, October 31, at the Fourth Annual AACR Internation...