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• PET imaging response a prognostic factor after thoracic radiation therapy for lung cancer

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 161
  (Thomas Jefferson University) A rapid decline in metabolic activity on a PET scan after radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer is correlated with good local tumor control, according to [...]
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• FDA Panel Recommends Bronchial Thermoplasty Approval for Select Patients

  
  Medgadget — Authority: 674
  According to Dow Jones Newswires , an FDA panel has recommended the approval of Alair® bronchial thermoplasty device from Sunnyvale, California based Asthmatx , Inc. Designed to reduce the amount of smooth muscles in the walls of small to medium size airways, the device will likely be indicated for drug-resistant ...
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• Saint Thomas Lung Cancer Center - Fox 17 News

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 142
  Saint Thomas Hospital Opens First Lung Cancer and Thoracic Center - Fox 17 News
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• Geron, FDA agree on spinal injury drug trial

  
  Pharmamics — Authority: 128
  Stem cell research company Geron Corp said it reached an agreement with U.S. health regulators which may enable it to restart the early stage trials of its cell therapy to treat complete thoracic spinal cord injury.In August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) placed a clinical hold on Gerons investigational ...
  2 weeks ago

• Intervals between lung cancer diagnosis and treatment displays a...

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  (International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) Research published in the November 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology has found that intervals between lung cancer suspicion, diagnosis and treatment may be attributed to health care system discrepancies.
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• Study spotlights efficacy of questionnaire to identify patients ...

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 158
  (International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) A study featured in the November issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology confirms the success of a simple questionnaire designed to identify patients at high risk of lung cancer. Initiated in 2001, the current study confirmed 18 cases of cancer of the original ...
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• Pinched Thoracic Nerve – Radiculopathy, Compression

  
  Current Health Articles 2009 — Authority: 121
  Nerve compression at the level of the thoracic vertebrae, or thoracic radiculopathy, is less common than in the cervical radiculopathy or lumbar nerve compression because of the lower amount of pressure and movement that the thoracic vertebrae are subjected to. However a pinched nerve at the thoracic level may cause ...
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• UT Southwestern patient first in North Texas to receive newest-generation heart failure device

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 626
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• Hyderabad woman to head American College of Chest Physicians

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) The American College of Chest Physicians has elected Dr Kalpalatha K Guntupalli, the only woman president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian origin, as its first Asian American woman president.Hyderabad-born Guntupalli is currently tenured full professor at the Baylor College ...
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• $135,000 Non-Pecuniary Damages for Multiple Crush Syndrome, TOS and TMJ Injury

  
  ICBC Personal Injury Claims Lawyer Erik Magraken | Victoria & Vancouver Island BC — Authority: 125
  Reasons for judgment were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry that are worth reviewing for anyone involved in an ICBC Claim for damages for accident related Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. In today’s case ( Sauer v. Scales ) liability was denied but Mr. Justice Cohen found the defendant 100% at ...
  8 weeks ago

• $50,000 Non-Pecuniary Damages for “Mechanical Spine Pain”

  
  ICBC Personal Injury Claims Lawyer Erik Magraken | Victoria & Vancouver Island BC — Authority: 125
  Reasons for judgment were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Victoria Registry, awarding total damages of just over $95,000 as a result of a 2005 BC Car Crash. In today’s case ( Mar v. Young ) the Plaintiff was rear-ended while in a vehicle on the Island Highway near Nanoose, BC.   Fault was not formally ...
  8 weeks ago

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