One of the challenges facing a surgeon when excising a malignant tumour from a patient’s breast is whether the entire […]
Posts Tagged ‘Tumour’
Vaccines for Breast Cancer
For the past few weeks, there has been understandable excitement that vaccines to inoculate people against the Covid-19 virus have […]
Imaging with Nanotechnology
Seven years ago, we explored the promise of nanotechnology and highlighted a UK startup called Endomagnetics that had developed a novel product to detect […]
DIEurope Focuses on Breast Imaging
The October issue of Diagnostic Imaging Europe, coinciding with breast awareness month, has just been published and focuses on breast […]
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 […]
A Quiz with a Difference
The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) is traditionally held in Vienna each year during the second or third week of […]
Enigma of Interval Breast Cancers
It is estimated that 15% of breast cancers are diagnosed after the patient is screened mammographically with negative results but during the […]
Automated Breast Ultrasound Emerges
Automated breast ultrasound or ABUS – where the ultrasound transducer is moved across the breast under automated control rather than […]
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 […]