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(University Hospitals Case Medical Center) Patients with gynecologic cancer have new hope in a novel technology now offered at the Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center.

A team of cancer specialists, led by Robert DeBernardo, M.D., is among the first in the nation to launch a dedicated program using Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy to treat ovarian, endometrial and select other cancers.

SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Novel technology and techniques are expected to take the spotlight here at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons meeting, from left-ventricular assist devices to less invasive and hybrid techniques for ischemic heart disease.

(The Endocrine Society) Using novel technology allowing "virtual bone biopsies" researchers have found that a common treatment for prostate cancer called androgen deprivation therapy is associated with structural decay of cortical and trabecular bone.

The study has been accepted for publication in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

(Duke University Medical Center) A novel technology for delivering nicotine to the lungs may soon give smokers a new way to kick the habit.