ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Over 800 thousand people are diagnosed with liver cancer every year worldwide, and it accounts for more than 700 thousand cancer deaths each year. Traditional ...

Liver elastography is a test that measures the stiffness of your liver. Stiffness is usually caused by scarring, which can be ...

OTAWARA, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canon Medical announced today its support for the iLEAD (innovative Liver, Elasticity, Attenuation and Dispersion) study, an international ...

Combining ultrasound imaging with a blood test for high alpha fetoprotein (AFP) levels improves detection of early-stage liver cancer by as much as 40 percent, researchers at UT Southwestern's Simmons ...

It is difficult to characterize focal hepatic lesions in patients with diffuse liver disease. The efficacy of contrast-enhanced sonography (CES) for the characterization of these lesions has not yet ...

WINSTON-SALEM — Novant Health is the first health care system in the Carolinas to offer histotripsy, a groundbreaking ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A heterogeneous ultrasound pattern may identify children with cystic fibrosis at high risk for development of ...

Tens of thousands of Americans die from liver cancer each year. Traditional treatment to fight tumors and sustain their life involves surgery, radiation therapy, targeted drug therapy, immunotherapy ...

Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have successfully tested a new technology for use in the assessment of overweight adolescents with liver disease. Known as 'time-harmonic ...

Liver elastography is a type of imaging test that can help determine the stiffness of your liver. Healthcare professionals mainly use it to diagnose liver disease, such as cirrhosis. They can also use ...

A liver elastography is an imaging test that doctors use to diagnose liver scarring, known as fibrosis. Scarred liver tissue is thicker and less flexible than healthy liver tissue, and it prevents the ...

Have you heard of fatty liver disease? If you said no, you are not alone. Many Americans are unaware of this silent epidemic ...