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Healthy body, healthy world

Daniel Putterman co-founded Environmental Fitness, combining exercise and beach trash removal. He has personally adopted the 5,000-acre Nitzanim Sand Dune Nature Reserve, running up to three times a week, while hauling a sand sled to collect the trash. https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/exercise/meet-the-people-keeping-fit-while-caring-for-the-environment-680682

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Extending the margins

I’ve reported previously (several times) on MarginProbe from Israel’s Dune Medical and how it detects whether all cancerous material has been removed during breast cancer surgery.  Now MarginProbe is to be extended for similar testing during surgery for prostate, colon, … Continue reading

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75% reduction in added surgery

Surgeons at Mercy Medical Center at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have reported that MarginProbe from Israel’s Dune Medical has reduced the number of repeat breast-cancer operations by 75%.  MarginProbe checks accurately that all cancerous tissue has been removed first time. https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-452899528.html

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Effective for detecting lingering cancer cells

(Thanks to Michelle) New York City’s NYU Langone Medical Center has praised MarginProbe from Israel’s Dune Medical, used by surgeons to identify and help them remove cancer cells on the margins of removed tumors.  MarginProbe avoids the need for follow-up … Continue reading

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1000 surgical procedures for MarginProbe

The MarginProbe cancer scanner developed by Israel’s Dune Medical has successfully performed 1000 tumor tests since it was launched in 2013. MarginProbe confirms that the entire malignant tumor has been removed, before the surgeon finishes the operation. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-breast-cancer-treatment-co-dune-medical-raises-21m-1000949326

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Approval for Israeli tumor test

The US Food and Drugs Administration has approved the MarginProbe breast cancer test from Israel’s Dune Medical. Surgeons performing lumpectomy operations use MarginProbe to ensure that the whole tumor has been removed, thus avoiding the need for further operations. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000811270&fid=1725

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Battling breast cancer

In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Israel21c has put together a list of the top 10 latest Israeli advances in breast cancer treatment. They include IceSense3 (freezing tumours), RUTH (alternative to mammograms), Marginprobe from Dune Medical and several treatments … Continue reading

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