Gerard Stansby, Newcastle, UK, told delegates at CX35 (6–9 April 2013, London, UK) that the use of glue in varicose veins in safe and effective and that, if it continues to show good results, it will be a very attractive procedure for the future.
Detailed experiences of stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) treatments using Varian’s TrueBeam medical linear accelerator and Calypso “GPS for the Body” tumour-tracking technology were discussed at the annual European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) Forum (19–23 April 2013, Geneva, Switzerland) at the Varian Emerging Technologies Symposium.
La mayoría de los adultos mayores en Estados Unidos a los que se les diagnosticó un cáncer con el antígeno prostático específico (PSA, por su nombre en inglés) decidió someterse a un tratamiento, aún cuando los signos revelaban una enfermedad de avance muy lento, indicó un reciente estudio.
The study, which was presented at the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) 19 to 23 April 2013, Geneva, Switzerland, used the latest cost effectiveness model to look at relevant recent data for prostate cancer. The study analysed research findings from six recent overview studies, involving 55,000 patients and looked at disease progression, associated costs and outcomes extrapolated over a ten-year time horizon from a UK National Health Service (NHS) cost perspective.
Cook Medical, on the 1 May 2013, announced it had received CE mark approval for their PVA foam embolization particles to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia. According to a company release, the PVA foam embolization particles will be shown at the Global Embolization Symposium and Technologies (GEST) 1–4 May 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Las reclamaciones relacionadas con el diagnóstico (por errores en operaciones quirúrgicas o con la medicación) son las más costosas, afirman unos investigadores
In a presentation at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s Scientific Annual Meeting (13–18 April 2013, New Orleans, USA) Sandeep Bagla, Inova Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, USA, spoke about the results of 21 patients (out of 30) who had been treated with prostatic artery embolization.
The RENOVA (Post-approval study for the Flair endovascular stent graft) results showed that stent grafts keep access sites open significantly longer in haemodialysis patients than angioplasty alone, according to a presentation given at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s (SIR) Annual Meeting (13−18 April 2013, New Orleans, USA).
At the scientific session on chemoembolization at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s Annual Meeting (13−18 April 2013, New Orleans, USA), David N Tran, UCSF, San Francisco, USA, spoke to delegates on the topic of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in liver transplant candidates with and without marginal hepatic reserve.
Las mujeres con unos niveles adecuados de la vitamina son menos propensas a contraer los tumores no cancerosos, muestra un estudio
El Hospital Universitario de La Ribera está evitando amputaciones mayores en el 70% de lesiones avanzadas producidas en pies y piernas por arteriopatía, esto es, por la falta de un correcto aporte de sangre a las extremidades inferiores. La mayoría de estos casos son de pie diabético avanzado.
Dfine has announced that two studies presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology s (SIR) annual scientific meeting (13–18 April, New Orleans, USA) have underscored the benefits of targeted-radiofrequency ablation therapy (t-RFA) using Dfine’s Star tumour ablation system for the treatment of painful malignant lesions of the vertebral body.
Un método diseñado para dirigirse a, congelar y destruir la función celular de un tumor parece efectivo para combatir los tumores pulmonares, halla un nuevo estudio en curso de tamaño reducido.
Los stents endovasculares mantienen abiertos los sitios de acceso para diálisis significativamente más tiempo que la angioplastia con balón, según revelan datos del ensayo RENOVA.
April 14, 2013—The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) announced the presentation of a study at SIR’s 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, demonstrating that stenting reopens completely blocked bowel arteries. Chronic mesenteric ischemia can cause dangerous weight loss, malnourishment, and death because the intestines are prevented from receiving the oxygen-rich blood they require to digest food, noted SIR.
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