Study defines global burden of skin disease
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A study published today in JAMA Dermatology combines the prevalence of skin diseases around the world with their likelihood...
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Media can register now for ESTRO 36 – Europe’s largest congress on radiation oncology
Registration has now opened for journalists for ESTRO 36 - Europe's largest congress on radiation oncology, organised by the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology...
A new role for an old immune cell may lead to novel therapies for infection and cancer
A new study has identified a previously undescribed role for a type of unconventional T cell with the potential to be used in the development...
FDG PET/CT found useful in certain lung cancer patients
Leesburg, VA, March 1, 2017-- FDG PET/CT is a valuable imaging tool for treatment assessment of patients with lung cancer, though systematic evidence for its...
China physicist Wang Yifang awarded 2016 Pontecorvo Prize
Credit: Image by CAS The jury of the International Bruno Pontecorvo prize announced on February 27 that the Bruno Pontecorvo Prize for 2016 is to...
A new cosmic survey offers unprecedented view of galaxies
Credit: Princeton University/HSC Project The universe has come into sharper focus with the release this week of new images from the one of the largest...
Yale-led team puts dark matter on the map
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - A Yale-led team has produced one of the highest-resolution maps of dark matter ever created, offering a detailed...
Philadelphia research consortium launched to access research capabilities across region
PHILADELPHIA -- (March 1, 2017) -- The Wistar Institute, together with many regional academic institutions driving life sciences discoveries, has launched the Philadelphia Research Consortium...
Even after treatment, brains of anorexia nervosa patients not fully recovered
AURORA, Colo. (March 1, 2017) - Even after weeks of treatment and considerable weight gain, the brains of adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa remain altered,...
Hunting for giant planet analogs in our own backyard
Credit: NASA/JPL Washington, DC -- There may be a large number of undetected bright, substellar objects similar to giant exoplanets in our own solar neighborhood,...
Automated measurement system enhances quality, reduces handling in Pu-238 production
Under a collaborative partnership between the NASA and DOE, a new automated measurement system developed ORNL will ensure quality production of plutonium-238 while reducing handling...
New PET radiotracer identifies inflammation in life-threatening atherosclerosis
Credit: Fabien Hyafil,MD, PhD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany Reston, Va. - In the featured article of...
Colorectal cancer statistics, 2017
ATLANTA -March 1, 2017 -Despite dramatic reductions in overall colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, striking disparities by age, race, and tumor subsite remain. That's according...
Single dose of brachytherapy may be an effective treatment for localized prostate cancer
Credit: Daniel Krauss/American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., March 1, 2017 - Results from a new prospective clinical trial indicate that high-dose-rate (HDR)...
A fine-tuned microscopy technique offers breakthrough imaging of melanoma
SAN DIEGO -- Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, with over 232,000 new cases and 55,000 deaths per year worldwide. Those with light-skin...
