Scientists declare global warming and human impacts are combining destructive forces on coral reefs
... shrimp genetics and aquarium trade economics--had conservation implications or focus. Though coral reefs in many parts of the world are in critical condition, improved management can help preserve coral reefs, the richest ecosystems in the underwater majority of planet Earth. The symposium sessions reported man...Canada lags in use of blood conservation techniques
The use of blood conservation techniques in elective surgery reduces the risk of infection and transfusion reactions that result from using allogeneic blood products, but Brian Feagan and colleagues report that use of these techniques remains low in Canada. The authors reviewed ...Doctors investigating one stop shop radiotherapy at time of surgery
...ncer returning in the breast and also bring breast conservation surgery within the reach of women in developing countries. But, although intraoperative radiotherapy appears promising enough to be tested against traditional external beam radiotherapy in some cases, it is still far too early to be advised as standa...Long-term survival results favor chemotherapy before surgery for locally advanced breast cancer
...he said. "These data provide evidence that breast conservation can reasonably be accomplished in up to 45 percent of patients with non-inflammatory locally advanced breast cancer," Cance said. "Furthermore, the tumor response to chemotherapy can help identify the subgroup of patients with a more favorable long-t...Impaired sodium excretion after stress contributes to hypertension in blacks
... a normal response, with blood pressure and sodium conservation increasing during stress and decreasing afterward. But one-third had decreased sodium excretion during stress, which increased their blood volume and pressure and kept it up during the recovery period. (T)he results of this study provide support for...Faster radiotherapy more effective in head and neck cancer, trial shows
...ments. The 6 x week group also showed better voice conservation in the patients with laryngeal cancer (80% as opposed to 68%). The patients were at different stages of the disease, from early to very advanced, but all were indicated for primary radiotherapy. "Although all patients in the accelerated treatment ar...Breast cancer patients treated with lumpectomy and radiation survive longer if they dont smoke
... non-smokers and 861 smokers who were treated with conservation therapy at Fox Chase from March 1970 to December 2002. The median follow-up of these patients was 67 months. The analysis compared local control, distant metastases, deaths from breast cancer and overall survival in smokers and non-smokers"This ana...Young breast cancer patients who chose lumpectomies need indefinite follow-up
... researchers are definitely not saying that breast conservation treatment should be used less in younger patients,...ation against mastectomy. The 91 mastectomy and 88 conservation treatment patients were comparable in terms of age, tumour size (under 20 mm) and grade and the numb...Breast conserving therapy offers good outcome if criteria are met
...ists still have concerns that treating with breast conservation after neoadjuvant chemotherapy may lead to poorer ... recurrence rates for patients treated with breast conservation after neoadjuvant chemotherapy are low," he says. "In addition, because of the sample size of the st...2nd opinion from major center leads to better breast cancer detection, treatment changes
...sified which affected their eligibility for breast conservation therapy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Two patients underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy resulting from an increase in the determined size of their cancer, which allowed them to undergo a lumpectomy instead of a mastectomy. However, some patients had ...Utah researchers hope hunt for medicinal drugs helps save Papua New Guinea rainforests
...y as a means of providing economic development and conservation of biodiversity," said Louis R. Barrows, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology, and the project's principal investigator. Chris M. Ireland, Ph.D., professor and chair of medicinal chemistry, will serve as co-principal investig...At AAAS: Biocomplexity panel on human-nature interactions
...s. For example,incentives to participate in forest conservation efforts have ledto an increase in households, which in turn creates more demandfor croplands and energy from wood. That might change, theresearchers suggest, if households participating in theconservation program are rewarded with electricity instead...Conservation treatment or mastectomy for DCIS?
... higher risk of the cancer recurring locally after conservation treatment than after a mastectomy, the women could...her clinical trials comparing mastectomy to breast conservation therapy, mastectomy is associated with the lowest risk of local recurrence but provides no survival ...Doctor attacks South African government for failing women while spending billions on arms deals
...e frequent. Waiting times for radiation in breast conservation are four to six months," he said. "Furthermore, in an environment with stagnating resources, policy priorities have shifted from tertiary services to primary health care, which is a laudable aim, but the concomitant starvation of tertiary services me...New study reveals big disparity between countries in breast conservation rates
Hamburg, Germany: The rates of conservation surgery for breast cancer vary hugely between coun...ay 19 March). In France 72% of patients had breast conservation surgery but in Poland it was only 2%. The figures come from an analysis of surgical techniques used ...MDCT 'unwraps' Egyptian mummy, clearly revealing face of 3,000 year old man
...ve been to unwrap, destroy and otherwise alter the conservation of the bandages and the mummy," said Federico Cesarani, MD, of the Struttura Operativa Complessa di Radiodiagnostica in Asti, Italy, and lead author of the study. CT is a noninvasive method that can provide data such as skull dimensions and dehydrate...Poor response to chemotherapy does not mean poor outcome for patients with rare breast cancer
...en reduce the size of breast tumors so that breast conservation surgery might be an option. M. D. Anderson pioneered use of the neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer through a series of clinical trials conducted at the institution between 1985 and 2002. But patients were not divided by tumor histology within...Transparent orthodontic brackets by microinjection
... on from the merely functional concerned with the conservation of dental elements to take into account aesthetic considerations. It is no longer sufficient to have a healthy mouth but it must also look nice. This shift in criteria means that orthodontic applications have extended to other sectors of the populat...MRI proves useful in assessment of suspected breast cancer patients
...t eight women have a mastectomy rather than breast conservation treatment. "About 15% of breast cancer patients have a recurrence of their disease. We don't know precisely why cancer returns in previously thought to be adequately treated breast cancer patients. One of the reasons could be that many of the cance...... taken to protect hearing. "Implementing a hearing conservation program, that includes musician earplugs, is an effective way to reduce any risk of hearing loss," he says....