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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Haverford School lax checks for cancer

Haverford School lax checks for cancer
Evelyn Schwartz, Director of Development of the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at Penn Medicine, accepts a $12,000 donation from the Checking for Cancer Foundation.

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Terramed Alliance News Moderate Alcohol Consumption Increases Risk of Cancer in Women

The best “treatment” for cancer is to prevent it from occurring. Research is ongoing to evaluate environmental and lifestyle factors that may be associated with an increased incidence of cancer. Identifying such risk factors may allow individuals to modify lifestyle choices in order to reduce their risk of developing cancer.

The Million Women Study in the United Kingdom involved over 1.3 million middle-aged women who responded to a questionnaire regarding sociodemographic and personal information, including alcohol consumption. These women were followed for several years in an effort to determine how reproductive and lifestyle factors affect women’s health.

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