Seven years ago, we explored the promise of nanotechnology and highlighted a UK startup called Endomagnetics that had developed a novel product to detect […]
Posts Tagged ‘Treatment’
Breast Density as a Predictor
When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, the axillary lymph nodes are sometimes removed surgically or treated by radiotherapy. […]
Standing Up for Science
Almost exactly a year ago, on 23 October 2019, CapeRay’s senior management team held an online pre-submission meeting with representatives of the […]
Honeybee Venom Kills Breast Cancer Cells
Apitherapy is a branch of alternative medicine dating back thousands of years, in which honeybee products – such as pollen, propolis, […]
Treatment is on Target
Radiation therapy or radiotherapy is a treatment that employs ionising radiation to kill malignant cancer cells and is usually delivered by a […]
Automated Breast Ultrasound Emerges
Automated breast ultrasound or ABUS – where the ultrasound transducer is moved across the breast under automated control rather than […]
Horns of a Dilemma
Imagine you are a creative person and you invent something with significant commercial potential. Should you fulfil the legal obligation […]
Early Detection Saves Lives … Or Does It?
One impact of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past three months is that women have delayed or even skipped their […]
Intervention by Radiologists
Radiologists have traditionally been considered specialists in diagnosis because they examine medical images, but there is a small subset that […]
Our Dunkirk Moment
The Battle of Dunkirk, fought between 26 May and 4 June 1940, marked a turning point in World War Two. During […]