Benefits of lung cancer screening with CT questioned
...alse-positives are uncalcified lung nodules proved benign by observation or biopsy. Among the cancers identi...to 5 percent. "That's a big price to pay if it's a benign nodule," he said. The researchers found no significant difference when comparing mortality rates dem...Protein that helps skin cancer spread identified by Stanford researchers
...tissue and spread - a step that turns an otherwise benign tumor into a killer. "When we blocked this sequence we also blocked the cancer from spreading," said Khavari, who is also chief of dermatology at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. The group found this sequence by studying skin sample...Benign separation process being advanced for pharmaceutical industry
...ern for safe processes, one of the most chemically benign separation processes has not been available to the drug industry. Now Virginia Tech researchers with support from Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals have made a discovery that may allow a green-chemistry technique known as supercritical fluid chromatog...Northwestern Memorial physicians encourage screenings during colon cancer awareness month
...olyps are more dangerous than others, but most are benign if removed early. Men and women who are not at increased risk of colon cancer should begin getting regular screenings for colorectal cancer by age 50. "I recommend colonoscopies because they provide the least amount of discomfort, the physician can s...MRI proves useful in assessment of suspected breast cancer patients
...n a specific way, can help identify if a lesion is benign or malignant and can show cancers that would otherwise be missed. "This is the first time a prospective study has been done that shows that MRI (using a contrast agent) can work in a real life community setting - the setting in which most breast ca...Promising new strategy for Swedish medical research
... to submit information on their own lifestyles and benign conditions (such as colds and asthma) electronically. "Sweden's unique infrastructure means that we have the obligation and the responsibility to take part in these kinds of initiative," says Professor John Potter of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Resear...OHSU scientists develop MRI approach to improve breast cancer detection
...rchers to distinguish between malignant tumors and benign tumors. To conduct this research project, the scie... only in images of malignant tumors but not in the benign tumors (three of the cases). This complete distinction was not the case using the standard MRI techn...Brain-scanning technologies need standards, according to Stanford researcher
...ndings. These features could be harmless such as a benign cyst but could also be life-threatening malignant ...hat research subjects may not realize is that if a benign tumor is found during a scan and listed on their medical records, it could alter health insurance ra...Women with thyroid problem have lower risk of breast cancer
... were protective against breast cancer. Studies of benign thyroid disorders have also failed to demonstrate associations between thyroid hormones and breast cancer biology. To investigate and clarify the relationship between a history of hypothyroidism and the risk of breast cancer, Massimo Cristofanilli, M...Study reports women don't experience undue pain, anxiety during mammography screening
...lts showed that women find mammograms to be a very benign experience." According to the American Cancer Society, one-third to one-half of women do not follow screening guidelines for mammography, which recommend annual screenings for women over the age of 50. Previous studies had found that the majority of ...Ethics of neuroimaging research to be focus of NIH/Stanford meeting
...octor. These features could be harmless, such as a benign cyst, but could also be life-threatening malignant...searchers must now consider. If, for instance, the benign tumor is added to the volunteer's medical record, it could alter health insurance rates - a fact res...Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for Dec. 2004
...d increasingly debilitating headaches for years, a benign tumor that was crowding out the normal tissues and structures of her brain was not found until it was the size of a large orange. Neurosurgeons at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute removed the meningioma during a five-hour operatio...Magnetic resonance imaging helps detect breast cancer but does not eliminate need for biopsy
...etic resonance imaging (MRI) distinguishes between benign and malignant breast tumors better than mammography, biopsies are still needed to confirm the diagnosis. The study, called the International Breast MR Consortium, was carried out in 14 university hospitals in the United States and Europe, including...International trial finds benefits of breast MRI in women at high risk
...g cancer, it is not perfect," she said. "There are benign areas of breast tissue that can look suspicious but do not represent breast cancer and yet may lead to a biopsy." ...Computer program helps doctors diagnose lung cancer
...he shape to determine if it is malignant or just a benign growth. Researchers at the University of Michigan ...tives, and may actually help radiologists identify benign lesions and reduce the number of people undergoing biopsies. Researchers hope next to develop a syst...New study finds significant improvements in pelvic pain, depression after hysterectomy
...he population of women undergoing hysterectomy for benign reasons, such as fibroids, Hartmann said. Nearly 600,000 hysterectomies are performed in the United States annually. Of these, 10 percent of women have pelvic pain as the primary medical indication for the surgery, Hartmann and the co-authors said. ...No justification for colposcopy in screening of young women for cervical cancer
...ithelial lesions (LSIL); although LSIL are usually benign and disappear over time, they can develop into high-grade lesions, a precursor of cervical cancer. Anna-Barbara Moscicki (University of California San Francisco, USA) and colleagues assessed the probability of LSIL regression in young women, and exa...Use of stomach acid-suppressive medications associated with increased risk of pneumonia
...portantly, chronic use of even the most apparently benign drug." (JAMA. 2004; 292: 2012-2013. Available post-embargo at www.jama.com ) ...Cedars-Sinai October 2004 medical tipsheet
...EMOVED FROM INNER EAR When an acoustic neuroma a benign tumor that grows on a nerve extending from the brainstem to the inner ear is discovered when it is two centimeters or larger in size, there is very little chance that hearing in the ear can be saved. But a 43-year-old mother of two who had a three-c......iled to yield fluid or yielded cells classified as benign or mildly atypical. In addition, ducts that produced fluid did not appear to be related to the cancer in about half of the cancer-containing breasts. "Although further studies are warranted in women with early lesions, our results and those of others...