Dual-tracer PET/CT shows promise in liver cancer patients
Dual-tracer PET/CT appears valuable for improving tumor staging in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma being evaluated for treatment, according to a study published April 25 in JHEP Reports.
A group led by researchers at the University of Hong Kong in China found the approach detected 12% more disease in patients undergoing staging than CT or MRI and resulted in a change in treatment in a significant number of cases. The results validate the emerging technique, the group noted.
“In a large series of patients, we provided quantitative evidence for the use of combined F-18 FDG and C-11 acetate PET/CT in staging HCC pa...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
Houston Transplant Scandal: Families of Patients Who Died Begin Legal Action
(MedPage Today) -- Several relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating the waitlist to make some... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 25, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
CD7 CAR T-Cell Therapy, Stem-Cell Transplant Beneficial for CD7-Positive Tumors
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- For patients with relapsed or refractory CD7-positive leukemia or lymphoma, sequential CD7 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy followed by haploidentical hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is safe... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Too Ill for Typical Transplants, Woman Gets a Pig Kidney and Heart Pump Instead
(MedPage Today) -- A 54-year-old New Jersey woman has become the first-ever patient to undergo combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant surgery, doctors announced.
The patient, Lisa Pisano, had heart failure and end... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 25, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers
Several relatives of patients who died while awaiting a new liver say they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating a hospital waitlist (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
CAR-T Plus Stem-Cell Transplant Promising for CD7+ Blood Cancers
(MedPage Today) -- A strategy of sequential CD7 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy and haploidentical hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT), without graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis, is a feasible approach for patients... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - April 24, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Latest pig organ transplant in human marks milestone for Maryland company
It gives the local biotech momentum as it works toward starting clinical trials in 2025. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 24, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sara Gilgore Source Type: news
Grandmother Becomes Second Patient to Receive Kidney From Gene-Edited Pig
NYU Langone Health surgeons performed the transplant after implanting a mechanical heart pump in the severely ill patient. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Kidneys Genetic Engineering Medical Devices Implants Surgery and Surgeons Doctors Transplants New York University Langone Health Source Type: news
She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Patient Gets First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Plus Heart Pump
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 -- New Jersey native Lisa Pisano was staring down the end of her days.The 54-year-old had heart failure and end-stage kidney disease, but several chronic medical conditions excluded her as a candidate for heart and kidney... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 24, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
A woman with failing kidneys receives genetically modified pig organs
Surgeons transplanted a kidney and thymus gland from a gene-edited pig into a 54-year-old woman in an attempt to extend her life. It's the latest experimental use of animal organs in humans. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rob Stein Source Type: news
Inspired by her mother, career, transplant nurse altruistically becomes organ donor
Stephanie Donelan recovers following kidney donation surgery Each April, the country celebrates Donate Life Month, an observance to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation, celebrating donors' incredible generosity and inspiring others to consider becoming organ donors. It is also a time to celebrate the unique contributions transplant nurses make to the lives of their patients. Inspired by her work and her mother, Stephanie Donelan, a post-liver transplant coordinator at Mayo Clinic in Florida,… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 23, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Heart-Liver Surgery May Help Patients Excluded from Transplant List
Patients with both heart and liver diseases are usually turned away from organ transplant lists. A new dual procedure aims to give them another chance. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
In case you missed it: This week's Top 5 stories on social media
Check out a few of the most popular News Network stories on @mayoclinic social media this past week. Mayo Clinic Minute: Reasons to be a living kidney donor In the U.S., almost 90,000 people are awaiting kidney transplants. Matching the right blood and tissue types to find a compatible donor kidney can be challenging, particularly when the donor pool is smaller than the number of people in need of a transplant. 4 types of head… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 19, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Racism Affects Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplant Racism Affects Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplant
Racial and ethnic segregation in residential neighborhoods and in those in which transplant centers are located were associated with decreased access to LDKT.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Clinical Summary Source Type: news
