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3-D mammography improves cancer detection in dense breasts — ScienceDaily

Breasts are considered dense if they have a lot of fibrous or glandular tissue but not much fatty tissue. Research has shown that dense breasts are more likely to develop cancer, a problem compounded by the fact that cancer in dense breasts can be difficult to detect on mammograms. Other imaging modalities like ultrasound and MRI are often used to help find cancers that can’t be seen on mammograms, but both modalities have higher rates of false-positive findings, which are suspicious findings that turn out not to be cancer. This higher false-positive rate often results in more tests and unnecessary biopsies, making MRI and ultrasound expensive to implement in high-volume screening programs, according to study lead author Per Skaane, M.D., Ph.D., from the Department of Radiology at Oslo University Hospital in Oslo, Norway. …

Keyhold surgery for cancer spread to liver

Each year, 3500 Norwegian develop colorectal cancer. Most of them undergo surgery. In half of them, the cancer spreads. …

Predicting aggressive lymphoma

The new statistical method will be able to determine who will need a bone-marrow transplantation and who can be spared the extreme burden that this excruciating treatment entails. The results have recently been published in Blood. Many types of lymphoma Lymphoma can be divided into approximately 60 subgroups. The prognoses are unpredictable…

Lung cancer rarely detected by current X-ray procedures

In Norway, no other forms of cancer take as many lives as lung cancer. Each year, 2800 Norwegians develop the dreaded disease. …

Being overweight causes hazardous inflammations

“We believe that there is a connection between metabolism, inflammation, heart attack and stroke,” says Bente Halvorsen, professor at the Research Institute for Internal Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway. Together with the research group’s leader, Pål Aukrust, who last year received the university’s research award for his work on inflammatory diseases, and researcher Arne Yndestad, she has looked deeply into the molecular explanation of why overweight is harmful. …

Prostate cancer, blood lipids share genetic links — ScienceDaily

source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140430132820.htm

Lifesaving sensor for full bladders under development — ScienceDaily

source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140307100123.htm

Radiotherapy plus hormone therapy cuts prostate cancer death in half, shows long-term study — ScienceDaily

source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140129134909.htm

Coffee and cigarettes may protect against liver disease

In a new study from Norway published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, both coffee consumption and cigarette smoking are shown to potentially protect against primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). This is a chronic liver disease caused by chronic inflammation of the bile ducts. The findings are of great interest against a backdrop of increasing knowledge on coffee as a possible protective agent in other liver diseases. …

Clinical trials will improve treatment, follow-up for COPD

"Randomised clinical trials are the best method of obtaining required documentation of the effect, safety and cost-efficacy of various methods or types of treatment employed by the health services," says Kåre Birger Haugen, chair of the programme board of the Research Council of Norway’s Programme on Clinical Research (KLINISKFORSKNING), which has provided funding to the studies. Will follow up COPD patients at home At the Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine in Tromsø in Northern Norway, researchers will be studying the effect of telemedicine on people suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Telemedicine involves treatment and monitoring activities for patients independent of the location of the medical expertise. …