ATA Awards More than $400,000 in Research Grants; Research Grants...

The American Thyroid Association , the nation's leading organization in promoting thyroid health and understanding thyroid biology, will award more than $400,000 in research grants to eleven investigators at ...

Foundation for Thymic Cancer Research: Media Alert: This Week's...

Attention: Health and Lifestyle Editors The Foundation for Thymic Cancer Research , www.thymic.org , is holding its second annual symposium in Houston, Texas on October 2-4. On the outside it may appear just ...

Transitional Cell Neoplasm of the Upper Urinary Tract: Evaluation with MDCT

MDCT has become a valuable tool with high sensitivity for detecting transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract.

Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas: Assessment...

Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the capabilities of multisection computed tomography in determining the likelihood of invasiveness of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm .

PAPER: Experience With 208 Resections for Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas

Hypothesis Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm is an increasingly recognized disease of the pancreas.

Special Feature: Image of the Month--Diagnosis

Arch Surg. 2008;143 :422. Answer: Secondary Ovarian Neoplasm Histologic examination showed a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma forming mucus-producing glands.

Simple Ways To Judge The Efficacy Of 5-Fluorouracil In Colonic Neoplasm

Biology / Biochemistry 5-fluorouracil is a common chemotherapeutical drug. It exerts its antitumor effect through competitive thymidylate synthase inhibition.

Resident's Corner: Cystic Pancreatic Neoplasm in Pregnancy: a Case...

David K. Imagawa, MD, PhD Arch Surg. 2008;143 :84-86. Mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas are rare tumors that tend to occur in young women.