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Monitoring surgical quality

By Guest PostMay 10, 2014Healthanoxic basin, australia, biopsy, bodysnatchers, canada, deep hypersaline, dhab, ginny edgcomb, hong kong, pec 215, statistician, united kingdom, virginia tech

Distinguished statistician discusses probability and statistics in health care

William H. Woodall, a distinguished professor and statistician at Virginia Tech, spoke to a large audience on “Monitoring and Improving Surgical Quality” at the fourth annual W.L. Gore Lecture Series in Management Science last week on the University of Delaware’s Laird Campus.

The series, hosted by the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics and sponsored by an endowment from the Gore family, annually recognizes the role that probability, statistics and experimental design have played in the success of W.L. Gore and Associates Inc. (more…)

UF Biologist Discovers Mammal with Salamander-like Regenerative Abilities

By Guest PostSeptember 29, 2012Natureafrican, african mammal, amphibian biology, ashley seifert, biopsy, blastema like, cartilage, damaged tissue, florida, hair follicles, human biology, ken muneoka, Kenya, lost limbs, model, mpala, nairobi, regenerative medicine, regrow, research, research centre, salamander, skin, skin autotomy, spiny mouse, structure, tissue regeneration, university, wound healing

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A small African mammal with an unusual ability to regrow damaged tissues could inspire new research in regenerative medicine, a University of Florida study finds.

For years biologists have studied salamanders for their ability to regrow lost limbs. But amphibian biology is very different than human biology, so lessons learned in laboratories from salamanders are difficult to translate into medical therapies for humans. New research in the Sept. 27 issue of the journal Nature describes a mammal that can regrow new body tissues following an injury. The African spiny mouse could become a new model for research in regenerative medicine. (more…)

Cancer Genes Differ in Different Parts of a Tumour

By Guest PostMarch 17, 2012Health, Sciencebiomarkers, biopsies, biopsy, cancer cell, cancer treatment, charles swanton, gene faults, genetic fault, genetic landscape, genetic variation, genome, genome sequencing technology, james larkin, kidney cancer, kidney tumours, lesley walker, molecular change, mutation, primary tumour, subtype, theory, tree of life, tumour, ubiquitous mutations

Taking a sample from just one part of a tumour may not give a full picture of its‘genetic landscape’, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The findings could help explain why attempts at using single biopsies to identify biomarkers to which personalised cancer treatments can be targeted have not been more successful. (more…)

Removal of Lymph Nodes During Surgery For Thyroid Cancer May Be Beneficial

By Guest PostDecember 22, 2011Healthaleksandra popadich, australia, biopsy, blood thyroglobulin levels, clnd, disease, England, group a patients, group b patients, lymph nodes, mark sywak, michael yeh, neck, papillary cancer, prophylactic central neck lymph node dissection, rate of disease recurrence, removal of neck lymph nodes, stan sidhu, thyroglobulin, thyroid cancer, thyroid malignancies, thyroid surgery, thyroid tumor marker, ultrasound, university of sydney, US

*Procedure may reduce recurrence rates, lower tumor marker levels*

Papillary thyroid cancer accounts for the majority of all thyroid malignancies, which primarily impact women. A new study indicates that routinely removing lymph nodes in the neck in these cancer patients may help prevent the disease from coming back.

When thyroid cancer metastasizes, lymph nodes in the neck may be affected, but these lymph-node tumors can be tiny and may not be detected by ultrasounds done before surgery to remove the diseased thyroid — or even during the procedure itself. (more…)

‘Yearly Mammograms from Age 40 Save 71% More Lives’

By Guest PostJanuary 29, 2011Healthbiopsy, breast cancer, breast cancer screening, canada, cancer, edward hendrick, guidelines of screening, mammogram, mammography screening, radiology, Sweden

*Analysis questions U.S. Task Force recommendations for every-other-year screening starting at age 50*

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A new study questions the controversial U.S. Preventative Service Task Force recommendations for breast cancer screening, with data that shows starting at a younger age and screening more frequently will result in more lives saved.

The study analyzed the same data looked at by the task force, which issued its guidelines on mammography screening in November 2009. The study authors compared the task force’s recommendations for screening every other year in women 50-74 to American Cancer Society guidelines of screening every year in women 40-84. (more…)

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Monitoring surgical quality

UF Biologist Discovers Mammal with Salamander-like Regenerative Abilities

Cancer Genes Differ in Different Parts of a Tumour

Removal of Lymph Nodes During Surgery For Thyroid Cancer May Be Beneficial

‘Yearly Mammograms from Age 40 Save 71% More Lives’