Tag Archives: oncology

Software Identifies Risk Posed by Lung Nodules

April 10th, 2013 - 8:51 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQYIZ9ifDo A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Mayo Clinic has developed a new software tool to noninvasively characterize pulmonary adenocarcinoma, a common type of cancerous nodule in the lungs. Tobias Peikert, M.D., a Mayo Clinic pulmonologist and senior author of … Continue reading →

By Dana Sparks | Posted in Cancer | Tagged CT Scans, lung cancer, lung nodules, oncology, Peikert, pulmonary adenocarcinoma, Thoracic Oncology | Leave a comment

Identifying Genes That Can Predict if Breast Cancer Drug Is Working

December 11th, 2012 - 1:49 pm

Adding the drug trastuzumab to chemotherapy prevents cancer recurrence and improves survival in a large number of women with early stage HER2-positive breast cancer. But trastuzumab does not stop tumors from returning in about 25 percent of patients — and oncologists … Continue reading →

By Paul Scotti | Posted in Cancer, Women's Health | Tagged Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Edith Perez, MayoClinicFL, oncology | Leave a comment

Radiation Oncology Treatment Center Opens in Northfield

June 27th, 2011 - 8:37 am

Mayo Clinic is hosting a grand opening ceremony for its new radiation oncology treatment center in Northfield, Minn. on Monday, June 27, at 3 p.m. The new 13,000 square-foot facility employs 12 people and is located at 1821 North Ave. … Continue reading →

By joedangor | Posted in Cancer | Tagged Cancer Treatment, Mayo Clinic, Northfield, oncology, radiation therapy | Comments (2)

Defining Cancer Risk and Development in Rare Cancer-Producing Syndrome

May 28th, 2010 - 12:00 pm

ASCO Abstract # 1510 Patients with the phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS), a rare genetic disorder that increases the risk of benign and malignant tumors, could be at a higher risk for colon cancer than once … Continue reading →

By Karl Oestreich | Posted in Cancer | Tagged ASCO, Breast Cancer, Cancer, colon cancer, Cowden syndrome, endometrial cancer, Mayo Clinic, oncology, Ovarian Cancer, Patnaik, phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) hamartoma tumor syndrome, Research, Thyroid Cancer | Leave a comment

Brain Tumors: Best Treatments for Long-Term Survival

December 3rd, 2008 - 8:08 pm

A new Mayo Clinic study found that patients with low-grade gliomas survived longest when they underwent aggressive surgeries to successfully remove the entire tumor. If safely removing the entire tumor was not possible, patients survived significantly longer when surgery was … Continue reading →