Category Archives: medical imaging/radiology

A new option: Technique heats the body’s water molecules to destroy cancer cells

Posted on May 23, 2018 by

BY AMBER SMITH Options are important when you have cancer of the liver. Vascular and interventional radiologists at Upstate now offer microwave ablation, a technique that uses heat to destroy cancer cells. The minimally invasive procedure can be an alternative to … Continue reading →

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Many options: Caregiving team considers multiple factors in managing patients with lung cancer  

Posted on March 19, 2018 by

BY AMBER SMITH People diagnosed with lung cancer a century ago had few options. The earliest surgical techniques, in the 1930s, involved cutting open a patient’s chest and removing an entire lung. While that is sometimes still necessary today, surgeons are … Continue reading →

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Ongoing battle: Vigilance helps contain a rare, aggressive thyroid cancer

Posted on March 16, 2018 by

BY AMBER SMITH The man was in his mid-50s in 2011 when he sought care for enlarged lymph nodes in the back of his neck. It was thyroid cancer. Surgeons in Binghamton removed his thyroid gland, and the man received … Continue reading →

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The cancer-fighting TrueBeam: A precise installation for the newest technology

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

BY AMBER SMITH Workers in California, Switzerland, England and Canada built the precision cancer-fighting technology that occupies Upstate Radiation Oncology at the newly renovated Oneida office. Pieces of the TrueBeam Radiotherapy System are put together only after they are all delivered … Continue reading →

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Precision care: Advances in radiation therapy minimize side effects

Posted on March 12, 2018 by

BY AMBER SMITH The first visit with the radiation oncologist is usually where patients unload their fears. In general, people may be more familiar with the negative image of radiation and somewhat unaware of its powers to help heal. So a … Continue reading →

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Up Close: Breast imaging

Posted on January 3, 2018 by

Radiologist Amina Akhtar, MD, works from a bank of monitors to analyze mammography images at the Wellspring Breast Care Center at Upstate University Hospital’s Community campus. The center offers routine screening and diagnostic mammograms, ultrasound, tomosynthesis and breast magnetic resonance … Continue reading →

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Advanced imaging, clot-retrieval help save stroke patients during holiday at Upstate Comprehensive Stroke Center

Posted on December 29, 2017 by

The Christmas feast was about to begin. Twenty-three of Judy Klein’s loved ones were gathered in her Syracuse home. Her grandson had prepared a plate for her mother, Fannie Barber, 101. Klein’s daughter was talking with the matriarch, who was … Continue reading →

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Catching cancer early: Routine mammogram spotted technician’s breast cancer

Posted on December 15, 2017 by

BY AMBER SMITH In 28 years as a clinical technician at Upstate University Hospital, Kimberly White, 47, has cared for a wide variety of patients, including adults with cancer. Today she has a new appreciation for the disease, as a … Continue reading →

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Physical feats: Despite cancer, these patients focus on accomplishing goals

Posted on December 11, 2017 by

Jim Waters, 56, of Auburn Diagnosis: Colon cancer that has spread to liver. Treatment: Surgery in June 2016, plus chemotherapy. Care team: From medical oncology, Adham Jurdi, MD, and Ibrahim Thabet, NP; surgeon Carl Weiss, MD, PhD; wife/caregiver of 25 … Continue reading →

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Leaks are a risk for prostate cancer survivors, national research shows

Posted on December 6, 2017 by

BY AMBER SMITH When men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, their focus becomes treatment of the cancer. The complications of incontinence and erectile dysfunction are considerations, but the priority is usually survival. Once the cancer is under control, these treatment … Continue reading →

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