Patients with disease, cancer of the esophagus benefit from new technique developed by OHSU surgeons
...rs state that LIE has proved effective in removing precancerous tissue as well as other noncancerous esophageal disease with fewer complications than the original laparoscopic esophagectomy. In addition, they explain, the survival rate with LIE may be greater than that of traditional open surgery. Charles Kim, M....New procedures more accurate in early diagnosis of GI cancers
...mation of the large intestine, timely diagnosis of precancerous lesions and colitis-associated colon and rectal tu...croscopy in the detection and in vivo diagnosis of precancerous lesions and CRC. Chromoendoscopy is the topical application of stains or pigments to improve images...Cancer research could lead to improved detection methods
...exposure to carcinogens increase the chance that a precancerous lesion will progress to a cancerous one. Dr Liloglou continued: "We have shown that early lesions that are virtually undetectable with current clinical methods carry molecular changes or mistakes that may commit cells to develop into a tumour." "Our ...Early stage breast-cancer rates are rising as incidence of invasive cases are leveling
...researchers also found that rates of a less common precancerous condition called lobular carcinoma in situ, or LCI...not very good at predicting which women with these precancerous lesions will develop invasive breast cancer and which will not," said Li, also a research assistant ...Vaccine against cervical cancer and genital warts shows promise
...he placebo. The vaccine was 100% effective against precancerous cervical lesions and genital warts associated with...on from cervical cancer mortality to management of precancerous lesions. In these countries, in addition to further reduction in incidence of cervical cancer, unive...