The arterial vasculature is the second most frequently calcified structure in the human body after the skeleton. Calcification of the aorta and aortic valves occurs in most individuals in westernized ...

Routine mammograms are a critical tool for breast cancer screening. However, they may also hold crucial, potentially untapped information about a person's risk for cardiovascular disease, the number ...

Calcific diskitis (CD) is a rare condition characterized by inflammation and calcification of an intervertebral disk, typically causing localized back pain. We present the case of a 65-y-old woman ...

A new study of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with seven common cancers reveals that nearly one in ten patients diagnosed with non-metastatic disease later develop metastatic recurrence - a ...

Trastuzumab deruxtecan has shown efficacy in patients with previously treated human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer. The efficacy and safety of ...

What to know about the fatigue, anxiety and brain fog that can accompany your diagnosis getty When people think about breast cancer symptoms, they often think of a lump in the breast or in the ...

Metastatic prostate cancer is cancer that began in the prostate but has spread to other parts of the body. There's no cure, but there are a number of effective treatments you can discuss with a ...

Over the past 20 years, a class of anticancer drugs called CD40 agonist antibodies has shown great promise but also induced great disappointment. While such drugs have been effective at activating the ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) Anschutz Medical Campus, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC), and Utrecht University have found what they suggest is the first direct ...

Benign and cancerous calcium phosphate deposits that may look identical on a mammogram have distinct differences in their structures and formation processes, according to researchers at the University ...