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It’s the Metastases, Stupid: Tackling Primary and Metastatic Bone Cancer at “Pitt”
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., December 4, 2019 There is the, “hmmm, I wonder” type of curiosity…and then there is…
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Biologics
Israeli Scientists Claim They’re On The Path To A Cure For Cancer
Jan 29, 2019 / Robin Seaton Jefferson It doesn’t seem possible. But they say it’s true. A small team of…
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Lattice Biologics Offering Exclusive Access to Revolutionary High-Throughput Precision Chemotherapy Screening for Breast Cancer
SCOTTSDALE, AZ–(Marketwired – April 15, 2016) – Lattice Biologics Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:LBL) (OTCBB: BLVKF) is offering select breast reconstruction surgeons…
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Spine
Radiolucent Pedicle Screw System Revolutionizes Care for Cancer Patients
ALTSTAETTEN, Switzerland, September 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — icotec AG, an innovative technology company focused on creating and manufacturing new products from Carbon/PEEK composites,…
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Spine
Spinal fusion BMP: does it increase pediatric cancer risk?
By Laura Dyrda A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics examines whether rhBMP-2 in pediatric patients increases cancer risk. The researchers…
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Spine
Why smoking is bad news for your spine and how to deal with it
By Bhavyajyoti Chilukoti Smoking causes nicotine addiction, increases the risk of cancer, leads to higher chance of arteriosclerosis and heart disease, and decreased life…
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Recon
Can Your Community Hospital Handle … This?
By Lisa Esposito If you suffer from a serious chronic illness, or you need major but elective surgery: Are you…
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Recon
Doctors in Texas perform historic skull and scalp transplant surgery
By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A man whose cancer left him with severe damage to the top of…
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Spine
First clinicaltrial in U. S. of procedure to relieve pain from cancer that has spread to spine
Date: January 5, 2015 Source: Loyola University Health System Summary: The first clinical trial in the United States of a…
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Extremities
Breast, lung and colon cancers may be prevented by widely used osteoporosis drugs
The most commonly used medications for osteoporosis worldwide, bisphosphonates, may also prevent certain kinds of lung, breast and colon cancers,…
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Biologics
Report: Google’s working on a cancer-detecting pill
October 29, 2014 by Brad Perriello Google is reportedly developing a pill designed to use nanoparticles to detect cancer and…
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Recon
Doctor creates new pelvis using a 3D printer: Bone cancer sufferer is walking again thanks to breakthrough treatment
A patient who lost half his pelvis to bone cancer has had a new one created on a 3D printer,…
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Spine
DFINE, Inc. Announces Prospective Clinical Trial for Breakthrough Therapy to Treat Spinal Fractures Caused by Multiple Myeloma
SAN JOSE, Calif. and TAMPA, Fla., June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — DFINE, Inc., the developer of minimally invasive radio frequency (RF) targeted therapies for…
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Kyphon® Balloon Kyphoplasty Found Beneficial for Treating Spinal Fractures in Cancer Patients
Medtronic of Canada Ltd. today announced the results of the first randomized, controlled trial comparing Kyphon Balloon Kyphoplasty with non-surgical…
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