At UCSF we support thyroid cancer biopsies, but new research shows evidence that thyroid cancer biopsy standards should be updated and simplified to reduce unnecessary procedures.
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New imaging technology developed at UCSF in collaboration with GE Healthcare will rely on a natural form of sugar to noninvasively and precisely image tumors and see if cancer medication is effectively working. A new study effectively detected tumors in patients with prostate cancer.
Inflammatory bowel disease affects both adults and pediatric patients with an estimated 10,000-47,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Up to 1/3rd of these cases are in children. MR enterography, a non-radiation method of examining the bowel, has recently emerged as highly effective method of assessing disease in these patients.
Scientists from UCSF are changing the widespread doubt about sensory processing disorder, and proving that there may, in fact, be major biological differences in the brains of children with sensory processing problems compared to typically developing children.
The US Preventative Services Task Force has released new recommendations in favor of annual CT lung cancer screening for long-term smokers. The decision is yet another step forward for screening advocates and the change in policy has the potential to save 20,000 lives each year, experts say.
The central feature of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as "Obamacare", is set to be implemented beginning January 1, 2014. On that date millions of Americans will gain access to insurance coverage either through an expansion of the Medicaid program or by new opportunities to purchase private health insurance through a Marketplace Exchange. In California, the Medicaid program is called Medi-Cal and the new Marketplace Exchange is called Covered California.