Posts Tagged ‘Approximately’

International Federation Of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies Pledges More Than $300 Million To Haiti’s Long-Term Recovery

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) today pledged to extend the emergency phase of its work in Haiti for up to twelve months and committed more than $300 million towards Haiti’s long-term recovery and reconstruction following the devastating earthquake of January 12.
The announcement was made at [...]

ArQule Announces Results Of Phase 2 Trial With ARQ 197 In Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

ArQule, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQL) today announced that ARQ 197, when used in combination with erlotinib, demonstrated a 66% improvement in median Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in patients with advanced, refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In the intent to treat (ITT) population (n = 167), median PFS was 16.1 weeks in the [...]

Predicting Which H1N1 Patients Are At Greatest Risk With The Help Of Chest X-Rays

A new study published in the April issue of Radiology suggests that chest x-rays may play an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of H1N1 influenza by predicting which patients are likely to become sicker.
“Working in the emergency room is very stressful and physicians need information fast,” said lead author [...]

Utility And Health-Related Quality Of Life In Prostate Cancer Patients 12 Months After Radical Prostatectomy Or Radiation Therapy

UroToday.com – The most common curative treatments for localized prostate cancer (PC), radical prostatectomy (RP) and radiation therapy (RT), have significant effects on quality of life. Most studies measured quality of life using psychometric instruments. Another approach uses the concept of utility. Utility is a global measure, scaled between 0 (dead) and [...]

Encouraging Interventional Radiology Potential Treatment For Breast Cancer With CryotherapyEncouraging Interventional Radiology Potential Treatment For Breast Cancer With Cryotherapy

Interventional radiologists have opened the door to an encouraging potential future treatment for the nearly 200,000 women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States each year: image-guided, multiprobe cryotherapy. In the first reported study, researchers were able to successfully freeze breast cancer in patients who refused surgery; [...]

Novel Interventional Radiology Treatment With Microspheres Shows Promise For Liver Cancer Patients

An interventional radiology treatment the use of intra-arterial yttrium-90 microspheres for liver cancer (also known as hepatocellular carcinoma) shows promise in prolonging life for many patients with this devastating condition, according to researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla.
“This is encouraging news for [...]

Association Between CT, MRI Scans And Shorter Hospital Stays, Decreased Costs

Advanced imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) might shorten the length of a person’s hospital stay and decrease the high costs associated with hospitalization if used early, according to a study in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Inpatient [...]

Association Between CT, MRI Scans And Shorter Hospital Stays, Decreased Costs

Advanced imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) might shorten the length of a person’s hospital stay and decrease the high costs associated with hospitalization if used early, according to a study in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Inpatient [...]

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