News • Burst wave lithotripsy
Pushing kidney stones with ultrasound
Sometimes all it takes is a little push: Using ultrasound to reposition small kidney-stone fragments significantly lowers patients’ returns to the operating room, a new study finds.
Studies
News • Individualized therapy planning
Tumour irradiation: a little different every day
A bit more mucus in the nose, a little less air in the gut: Even small changes can be important when planning proton therapy against cancer. A new workflow allows for an adapted irradiation every day.
News • Study shows impact on length, safety, and efficiency
Operating room design can help shorten surgery
Can operating room design help improve orthopedic surgery procedures? A new study suggests that OR size and layouts can impact the length of knee- and hip-replacement surgeries.
News • Breast cancer detection
Decade of DBT: 10-year study shows benefits of tomosynthesis
Evidence of the superiority of tomosynthesis for breast cancer detection is stacking up, with new results from a 10-year study further demonstrating the 3D imaging technique's benefits.
News • Sensor solution
Wearable lung patch uses deep learning to detect asthma and COPD
Early detection and management of asthma and COPD is critical. US researchers have developed a deep learning model paired with a wearable sensor patch to automatically detect wheezing sounds.
News • Research on BRCA recurrence
Breastfeeding after breast cancer treatment is safe, studies find
Two international studies presented at the ESMO Congress 2024 show no increase in recurrence or new breast cancers in women who breastfeed after being treated for breast cancer.
News • Study on antiviral therapy efficacy
Covid-19 treatment of immunocompromised patients: better late than never
Immunocompromised patients are at greatest risk of developing severe Covid-19 after an infection. While early antiviral treatments yield best results, even late-onset therapies still show benefits.
News • Surprising study results
Coronary bypass: new insights on ‘no-touch’ vein harvesting
For coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a ‘no-touch’ technique to harvest the saphenous vein graft has been considered superior to the conventional approach. Surprisingly, a new study comes to a different conclusion.
News • Breast cancer screening
The emotional impact of false positive mammograms
Mammography can lead to “false positives,” meaning they do not result in a breast cancer diagnosis. This may discourage some women from future screenings, according to a new study.
News • Echocardiography
Robot arm and 5G for remote heart diagnostics
When the cardiologist cannot come to the patient, a robot arm might do the trick: New research shows the potential of echocardiograms performed remotely using robot arm technology and a 5G network.
News • Improving radiology workflows
AI weeds out unremarkable chest X-rays
Radiology practices have a high volume of chest X-rays without clinically significant finding, which take up a lot of time. A new AI tool could improve workflows by providing an automatic report.
News • Hypothermic oxygenated perfusion
‘Heart-in-a-box’ to improve organ transport
Not just a Nirvana song, but also an effective way to keep a donor heart fresh for transplantation: New research shows the benefits of “heart-in-a-box” storage.
News • Time loss vs. life expectancy gains
Dialysis: Is the tradeoff always worth it?
New research sheds light on the tradeoffs between survival and time spent in inpatient care that dialysis might entail. This could help patients with kidney failure make more informed decisions.
News • Sustainability of a de-implementation strategy
Reducing inappropriate IV and catheter use, to reduce infections
Infections caused by both IVs and catheters occur in 10% of patients. However, up to a quarter are not necessary. New research shows how to reduce this use and, thus, infections.
News • COLO-DETECT trial
Bowel cancer: AI improves early detection
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to great effect in colonoscopies to spot abnormalities potentially leading to bowel cancer. This is the result of the recently completed COLO-DETECT trial.
News • Combined chemo and radiotherapy
Promising treatment for rectal cancer to avoid surgery
When a person is diagnosed with rectal cancer, part of the bowel is often removed, often resulting in the need for a stoma or problems with bowel control. A new therapy could help avoid this surgery.
News • Alternative to blood transfusion
Rhesus pregnancy: immunotherapy to protect the foetus
In rhesus pregnancy, antibodies from the pregnant mother can lead to anaemia for the foetus in the uterus. A new study suggests that a drug could serve as a non-surgical alternative.
News • Prevention of surgery complication
Sterilization: cut or remove fallopian tubes?
Women whose Fallopian tubes are removed during sterilization have only marginally more surgical complications than those whose tubes are simply cut, a study shows.
News • DTI for concussion patients
Advanced brain MRI to reveal ‘hidden disease’
Just a concussion? Head injury can lead to persistent symptoms, yet CT scans often fail to identify these cases. Researchers explore the potential of diffusion tensor imaging for better diagnostics.
News • Recurrence timeframe analysis
Breast cancer radiotherapy: new insights on duration of protective effect
After breast cancer surgery, radiotherapy helps prevent the cancer from returning. However, this protection does not last forever. A long-term study shows the duration of the treatment's benefits.
News • Research on fitness training
Exercise after stroke: intensity matters
Extensive and moderate, or short and intense? New research suggests which approach to physical exercise is more effective for improving fitness among people recovering after a stroke.
News • Non-invasive risk assessment
Prostate cancer: avoiding unnecessary biopsies with AI
Combining risk markers, systematic evaluation of MRI images and AI, researchers aim to predict the risk of prostate cancer more accurately than before. This could save many patients from a biopsy.
News • Promising study results
Cancer of Unknown Primary: on the way to targeted therapies
Metastases, but no sign of the original tumor: A large international study shows how this phantom cancer can nevertheless be treated.
News • Basal cell carcinoma diagnostics
BCC: AI helps identify aggressive types
Dermatologists could benefit from a new algorithm that can help recognize patients with a highly aggressive form of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the face.
News • Lower dose, improve tolerability, retain efficacy
Prostate cancer therapy: benefits of therapy deescalation
Radiotherapy of prostate cancer often comes with side effects, causing some patients to discontinue treatment. New research shows the benefits of at lowering the dose over subsequent treatment cycles.
