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Including diagnosis related costs, 3-D mammography costs less than digital mammography
Anne Li Although digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), or 3-D mammography, costs more than a digital mammography (DM) screening, it actually may help rein in cancer screening costs, according to preliminary findings (PD7-05) presented by researchers…
Screening has had ‘little impact’ on falling breast cancer deaths in the Netherlands, study suggests
Anne Li Breast screening in the Netherlands seems to have had a marginal effect on breast cancer mortality over the past 24 years, suggests research in The BMJ. Their findings show that screening would be…
Go with the flow (or against it)
Anne Li Queen’s University researchers are using magnetic fields to influence a specific type of bacteria to swim against strong currents, opening up the potential of using the microscopic organisms for drug delivery in environments…
Novel regulation of gene expression in brain tumors identified
Anne Li Study results revealed previously unknown interplay between two key enzymes and a novel understanding of how brain cancer tumors form and spread, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer…
Time matters: Does our biological clock keep cancer at bay?
Anne Li Our body has an internal biological or “circadian” clock, which cycles daily and is synchronized with solar time. New research done in mice suggests that it can help suppress cancer. The study, publishing…
