Posts Tagged ‘Surgery’

Overcoming Adversity

Posted on: June 2nd, 2023 by admin 1 Comment

At some stage in our lives, we have all been inspired by fellow human beings who, despite the odds, have […]

Cancer Surgeon to Lead NIH

Posted on: April 28th, 2023 by admin 1 Comment

When CapeRay was still in its infancy at the University of Cape Town (UCT), Kit Vaughan and Tania Douglas were […]

Live Grenade in Soldier’s Chest

Posted on: January 13th, 2023 by admin

For almost a year now, the world has watched as Ukraine, led by the indomitable Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has fought to […]

Watching Breast Cancer Cells Form

Posted on: November 4th, 2022 by admin

Imagine if it was possible for a surgeon, when operating on a patient with breast cancer, to insert a microscope […]

Breast Cancer and Spinal Deformity

Posted on: October 21st, 2022 by admin

After the early detection of breast cancer, many women have benefited from extended survival following treatment. There is therefore a […]

Bioengineering Can Do It!

Posted on: October 14th, 2022 by admin

Ralph Weissleder (seen right, © Wikipedia), who is a professor of systems biology at Harvard and a specialist in interventional radiology, […]

New Director for National Cancer Institute

Posted on: August 12th, 2022 by admin

Fifteen years ago, when CapeRay was still being incubated within the University of Cape Town (UCT), we were awarded a […]

Reducing Breast Cancer Deaths in Low-Income Countries

Posted on: July 8th, 2022 by admin

Each year, 2.3 million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer, while there are 685,000 deaths. Two-thirds of these deaths occur in middle- and […]

A Tutorial on Breast Masses

Posted on: July 1st, 2022 by admin

Yesterday saw the online publication in JAMA Network of a tutorial entitled “Breast masses in biological females.” Published by the […]

Turning Cancer on Itself

Posted on: May 6th, 2022 by admin

Fifteen years ago, Samuel Mazin was a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University, studying the inverse geometry of computer tomographic (CT) systems. He […]