Article 53 of the European Patent Convention rules out the patenting of treatment methods by surgery or therapy, as well as certain diagnostics methods, to safeguard patients’ needs. Marisol Cardoso ...

Researchers have developed a new type of tumor-targeted alpha-particle therapy that has the potential to generically treat several kinds of cancer, with fewer negative side effects than currently ...

There are several different types of radiation therapy. The type that may be recommended for you depends on a variety of factors, such as your cancer, its stage, and your treatment goals. Radiation ...

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease often have to wait a long time to find the right medicine. But the methods of a large interdisciplinary research team offer hope. IBD is the common ...

Those interested in the history of medicine should read the details surrounding the therapy rendered to President George Washington by his physicians in December 1799. 1 Purging, bloodletting and ...

Treatment for neurofibromatosis type 1 may involve surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or other methods. In some cases, doctors may take a “wait and see” approach. Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), ...