December 2008 coverage
Lung cancer screening trial hope
27 December 2008 - BBC News
Researchers have taken a step towards starting a national lung cancer screening programme.
Lung Cancer Screening Feasibility Study Funded
23 December 2008 - Emax Health
Scientists at the University of Liverpool will undertake a study to assess the feasibility of undertaking a UK-based screening trial for lung cancer. The study has been commissioned by the National institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme.
Lung cancer screening programme considered
23 December 2008 - Medical Laboratory World
THE feasibility of ambitious plans to offer lung cancer screening on the NHS will be explored as part of a national study.
Evaluation Of Treatments For Benign Prostatic Enlargement
22 December 2008 - Medical News Today
Research published by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme has found that transurethral resection, the most common operation for benign prostatic enlargement (BPE), remains a clinically and cost-effective treatment. BPE commonly causes older men to have difficulty passing urine and may require surgery to alleviate the problem.
Scientists to study feasibility of lung cancer screening
18 December 2008 - Cancer Research UK
The National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme has commissioned a study to assess the feasibility of a lung cancer screening programme in the UK.
Evaluation Of Treatments For Benign Prostatic Enlargement
18 December 2008 - Health4Media
Research published by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme has found that transurethral resection, the most common operation for benign prostatic enlargement (BPE), remains a clinically and cost-effective treatment. BPE commonly causes older men to have difficulty passing urine and may require surgery to alleviate the problem.
Evaluation of treatments for benign prostatic enlargement
18 December 2008 - News-Medical.Net
Research published by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme has found that transurethral resection, the most common operation for benign prostatic enlargement (BPE), remains a clinically and cost-effective treatment. BPE commonly causes older men to have difficulty passing urine and may require surgery to alleviate the problem.
Lung cancer screening feasibility study
17 December 2008 - Medical News Today
A study to assess the feasibility of undertaking a UK-based screening trial for lung cancer has been commissioned by the National institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme.
Alternative approaches to endoscopic ablation for benign enlargement of the prostate: systematic review of randomised controlled trials
16 December 2008 - BMJ - Research
Minimal access surgery versus medical management: gastro-oesophageal reflux
16 December 2008 - BMJ - Research
This UK collaborative randomised trial determined the relative benefits and risks of laparoscopic fundoplication surgery as an alternative to long term drug treatment for chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD).
Lung cancer screening feasibility study funded
15 December 2008 - Health4Media
A study to assess the feasibility of undertaking a UK-based screening trial for lung cancer has been commissioned by the National institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme.
Commentary: Randomised trials of surgical and non-surgical treatment: a role model for the future
15 December 2008 - BMJ
Symptoms of acid reflux and heartburn are increasingly common, and doctors need to understand the benefits and risks of surgical and medical treatment from the patients’ perspective when offering treatment. Obtaining reliable information from randomised controlled trials to fully inform patients is difficult, however, because of the many recognised obstacles to undertaking such trials of diverse treatments, including difficulties with recruitment and standardising treatments and the inability to provide blinding.
Lung cancer screening feasibility study funded
15 December 2008 - News-Medical.Net
A study to assess the feasibility of undertaking a UK-based screening trial for lung cancer has been commissioned by the National institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme. Lung cancer kills more people worldwide than any other malignancy accounting for around 1.4 million deaths each year, and around 38,000 individuals are diagnosed with the disease in the UK each year.
Lung cancer screening feasibility study funded
15 December 2008 - University of Liverpool
Scientists at the University of Liverpool will undertake a study to assess the feasibility of undertaking a UK-based screening trial for lung cancer. The study has been commissioned by the National institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme.
4 December 2008 - Times Higher Education
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