Investigators of the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology's (VHIO) Radiomics Group, led by Raquel Perez-Lopez, have developed SALSA (System for Automatic Liver tumor Segmentation And detection), a ...

A phase 1 clinical trial is now open for enrollment to patients with high-grade neuroendocrine tumors to receive treatment with a combination of immunotherapy and what has been described in a news ...

“The COMPETE results represent a major step forward in the development of new treatment options for people living with progressive, inoperable GEP-NETs,” Dr Jonathan Strosberg, past president, North ...

This combination has “the potential to become a new standard first-line treatment” for well-differentiated grade 1/2 gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors with poor prognostic factors ...

Roper's prayer partner saw a story on cable news about a new technique for getting rid of the liver tumor: histotripsy. The technique uses robot-guided, targeted ultrasound waves to destroy the tumor.

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers from Washington University investigated how dietary fructose indirectly promotes tumor growth through metabolic mechanisms involving the liver.

“There’s a lot that goes into cancer staging,” explained Aman Chauhan, M.D., who leads Sylvester’s recently established Neuroendocrine Tumor Program and was first author of the article.

More than 12,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor each year. The tumors begin in neuroendocrine cells – which have characteristics of nerve and hormone ...

99m Tc-Tektrotyd whole-body scan showing intense, diffuse and heterogeneous uptake in the liver area occupying the ... suggesting the primary tumor, later confirmed by histology. 3. Discussion ...

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and other neuroendocrine tumors (NETs ... For example, when a tumor starts growing in the lungs, doctors refer to it as a lung NET. These tumors may not cause ...

Our team includes many different types of specialists: Neuroendocrine tumors can occur anywhere in your body but usually grow in your lungs or digestive tract. Our specialists decide on treatment ...