Benefits of breast cancer screening outweigh the harms, study shows
Routine breast cancer screening saves the lives of two women for every one who receives unnecessary treatment, a study suggests today.
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Benefits of breast cancer screening outweigh the harms, study shows
Terramed Alliance News Treating Breast Cancer With Adapted Space-Industry Technology
Terramed Alliance News Researchers at Rush University Medical Center and Argonne National Laboratory are collaborating on a study to determine if an imaging technique used by NASA to inspect the space shuttle can be used to predict tissue damage often experienced by breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. The study is examining the utility of three-dimensional thermal tomography in radiation oncology.
Preliminary results from the study are being displayed during the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, being held from November 1 – 5, 2009.
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