The first multicenter study analyzing recurrence patterns following post-surgery treatments for pancreatic cancer has shown that adjuvant chemotherapy is a good way to go, as it thwarts both local and distant recurrence. By comparison, adjuvent chemoradiation beats back local recurrence but not metastasis, which translates to less impact on overall survival.

A radiotherapy technique normally used to treat cancer will be put to use in a unique way: sterilizing mosquitoes responsible for the spread of dengue fever.

The increased utilization of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) represents a dramatic shift in the quality and accuracy of breast imaging and will continue to revolutionize breast cancer screening efforts in the future, according to a recent editorial published in JAMA Oncology.

A new review of the literature suggests that a breakdown in the integrity of the locus coeruleus (LC), the small region of the brain that releases the key neurotransmitter norepinephrine (NE), may figure more prominently in late-onset Alzheimer’s than previously suspected.  

Patrick McDermott, a Rutgers University scientist who specializes in ionized radiation, has said a radiopharmaceutical factory scheduled to open soon in Millburn, N.J., poses no health risks to the area. McDermott was hired back in October 2015 to assess the safety of the factory and reported his findings this week.

An analysis of more than half a million breast-cancer screenings complemented by a long follow-up period has buttressed the theory that women with false-positive results at mammography are at increased risk of later developing breast cancer.

Some x-rays get seen by significantly more people than others. As reported by SportsNet New York, NFL defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has shared x-rays and photographs of his right hand, which was injured in a fireworks accident last year, on various social media accounts. 

Despite recent research and positive historical trends signaling an overall decline in instances of dementia in certain populations, persistence is needed to ensure that progress against the disease does not reverse course, according to a historical perspective published online Feb. 11 by the New England Journal of Medicine.