Covidien is conducting a voluntary recall of all production lots for the Duet TRS Universal Straight and Articulating single use loading units, with respect to the use of this product family in the thoracic cavity.

An interim 18F-FDG PET/CT exam after two cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy was predictive of pathologic response and disease-free survival in patients with triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive subtype of breast cancer, according to a prospective study published online Jan. 12 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Obesity is clearly associated with an increase in cancer morbidity, but its correlation with screening rates is more complicated. Obesity has been linked to higher rates of some cancer screenings, such as prostate cancer, and associated with lower rates of others, such as cervical cancer screening, according to a review of published literature appearing in the January issue of the Journal of Obesity.

An internal audit published in late 2010 showed that University of Missouri Health Care was providing unrequested radiology services, according to the Columbia Tribune.

The FDA expanded the approved usage for an endovascular graft manufactured by W.L. Gore and Associates to include treatment of thoracic aortic transection.

The FDA has cleared Biomet to sell its E1 humeral bearing and Comprehensive Segmental Revision systems.

As a woman ages, her chances of being diagnosed with a lower-risk breast tumor increase, according to a study published in the December 2011 issue of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. The study showed that for women over age 50, a substantial number of cancers detected by mammograms have good prognoses.

The Living Lab Structural Biology Center was formed through a cooperative research and development agreement between the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in Bethesda, Md., and FEI, in Hillsboro, Ore., a scientific instruments company, to help accelerate medical discoveries relating to global health challenges, such as cancer and HIV/AIDS. The lab will utilize near-atomic resolution microscopy and other structural biology technologies.