Interventional Radiology Press Releases
News on Minimally Invasive Medical Advances
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2013 SIR Annual Scientific Meeting Press Releases: Tuesday, April 16
Society of Interventional Radiology Announces 2013–14 Executive Council Members;
Scott C. Goodwin, M.D., FSIR, Begins Term as SIR President; New Executive Council Members Named During SIR's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans
Scott C. Goodwin, M.D., FSIR, assumes Society of Interventional Radiology presidency;
Hasso Brothers professor and chair of the department of radiological sciences at the University of California, Irvine, begins 2013-14 term during Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans
Honorees ensure future of interventional radiology by advancing quality of medicine, patient care
2013 SIR Annual Scientific Meeting Press Releases: Monday, April 15
Laser liposuction
melts fat, results in new collagen, tighter skin
Interventional radiology research: Body sculpting with lasers
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Giving men "prostate of their youth";
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Abstract of the year: RENOVA trial results show stent grafts keep access sites open significantly longer than angioplasty alone
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JVIR Editor's Award for Outstanding Clinical Research Paper notes Medicare savings when treatments performed by interventional radiologists; Outstanding Laboratory Investigation Article highlights emerging therapy for liver cancer
2013 SIR Annual Scientific Meeting Press Releases: Sunday, April 14
Electrical pulse treatment
pokes holes in hard-to-treat tumors;
New minimally invasive therapy safely treats complex cancers, leaves
healthy tissues intact
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Cryoablation: Interventional radiologists present results of research on a new minimally invasive treatment option for advanced cancers that have spread to lung tissue
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Interventional radiology treatment reopens totally blocked arteries to the intestines, prevents severe weight loss, pain, death
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Minimally invasive cryoneurolysis alleviates chronic pain
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Minimally invasive procedure proves better than surgery when angioplasty fails in patients with severely blocked leg arteries
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Foundation also announces Leaders in Innovation and Gary J. Becker Young Investigator awards
2013 Press Releases
AngioDynamics pledges $500,000 to Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation; Gift supports SIRF's Discovery Campaign to expand minimally invasive medicine (April 2, 2013)
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