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IMAGE: The in vivo THz imaging systems set up for skin imaging in Professor Emma MacPherson’s lab at the University of Warwick. view more  Credit: University of Warwick Scientists to investigate potential of terahertz radiation, or T-rays, to diagnose skin and colorectal cancers and improve accuracy of cancer surgery using robots £8 million funding for collaboration …

Israeli medical device company IceCure has developed a new technology called ProSense, which it says has proven extremely effective in treating women with breast cancer, the company said in a press release on Thursday.ProSense was created to find a non-surgical and less invasive alternative which can destroy tumors by using cryotherapy technology. It utilizes a probe …

Neuroendocrine tumors are cancers that begin in specialized cells called neuroendocrine cells. These cells have traits similar to those of nerve cells and hormone-producing cells. Neuroendocrine tumors, while rare, can occur anywhere in the body. Most affect the cardiothoracic region, eg lungs, appendix, small intestine, pancreas as well as the rectum. There are many types …

WESTON, Fla. – More than 200,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with a brain tumor each year, and while the chances of most of them becoming malignant is rare, these tumors can still pose health threats. “Sometimes they develop and people don’t even know they’re there,” said Dr. Ha I’d Borghei-Razavi, with the Department …

US-based semiconductor manufacturing company Intel has partnered with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania to co-develop technology that enables to train artificial intelligence (AI) models that identify brain tumors. A federation of 29 international healthcare and research institutions led by Penn Medicine will be working together to develop such tools using …