Basics: Guest Post 1: Male Reproductive Anatomy [Neurotopia] (ScienceBlogs)
Sci may have hinted that there were guest posts coming up in the near future. After that long series on female reproductive anatomy, Sci thought it would only be fair to let the dudes have some information as well. Unfortunately, Sci's knowledge of the male reproductive system is related almost entirely to hilarious things like bicycle accidents and pens , and so she had to turn to someone a ...
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Testicular Cancer Diagnosis By Non-Invasive MRI (Medical News Today)
Researchers have found that non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a good diagnostic tool for the evaluation and staging of testicular cancer and may improve patient care by sparing some men unnecessary surgery, according to a study in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (http://www.ajronline.org). "Medical imaging plays an important role ...
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Advanced ovarian cancer: Avastin-chemotherapy combination followed by Avastin alone improves PFS (News-Medical-Net)
Genentech, Inc., a wholly owned member of the Roche Group, today announced that a Phase III study showed the combination of Avastin® (bevacizumab) and chemotherapy followed by maintenance use of Avastin alone increased the time women with previously untreated advanced ovarian cancer lived without the disease worsening (progression-free survival or PFS), compared to chemotherapy alone. A ...
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CT45, an Unexpected Link Between Hodgkin Lymphoma and Reproductive Germ Cells (Newswise)
The laboratory of Dr. Lloyd J. Old of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR), together with Dr. Yao-Tseng Chen at Weill Cornell Medical College and their collaborators, made the finding that CT45, a cancer/testis (CT) antigen normally expressed in testicular germ cells in both prenatal and adult life, is expressed by the Reed-Sternberg cells in most of the classical Hodgkin lymphomas ...
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Leominster teacher raises cancer awareness (Leominster Champion)
STORY BY CAITLYN KELLEHER Seven years ago Westminster resident Todd Miller was diagnosed with testicular cancer, and it may have been one of the most fortunate occurrences of his life. “I felt like the luckiest person. If you are a guy and you are going to get cancer, this is the one to get,” Miller said. read more
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