News Releases — Florida

2007

December 2007

• Even Tiny Breast Tumors Can Be Aggressive and May Require Maximum Therapy
• Survival Shortened When ER/PR Negative Breast Cancer Spreads to the Brain
• Addressing Care Gap in Underserved Women Not Easy, Mayo Researchers Find
• Herceptin Helps Women With Multiple Chromosomes Containing HER2 Gene, Study Finds
• Mayo Clinic/Nemours Children's Clinic/Wolfson Children's Hospital Blood and Marrow Transplant Program Earns National Accreditation Renewal

October 2007

• Normal tissue not spared in new forms of breast cancer radiotherapy
• Tiny radioactive spheres effectively treat cancer that has spread to the liver
• Mayo Clinic tests novel vaccine to treat aggressive brain tumors
• William E. and Sandra Davenport of Birmingham, Ala., make gift to support organ transplant research at Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Clinic offers latest technology to repair brain blood vessels
• Mayo Clinic offers cervical spine surgery with newly approved artificial disc

September 2007

• Loss of gene leads to protein splicing and buildup of toxic proteins in neurons
• Common abdominal pain may be due to a potentially treatable newly recognized inflammatory reaction

August 2007

• Reactivating a critical gene lost in kidney cancer reduces tumor growth

July 2007

• Mayo Clinic: A New Century of Alzheimer's Disease Research
• Mayo Clinic designated Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Real-time 3-D ultrasound technique used to help physicians numb individual nerves before surgery, speeding patient recovery

June 2007

• Mayo Clinic invests in advanced imaging technology to aid in brain tumor surgery

April 2007

• Researchers to test two targeted therapies together to treat early HER2-positive breast cancer

March 2007

• Mayo Clinic continues to examine neurostimulator device for epilepsy
• Blood protein test helps predict risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease

February 2007

• Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees Elects Officers, Names Shirley Weis CAO
• Mayo Clinic investigators demonstrate degradation of key abnormal Alzheimer's disease protein

January 2007

• Researchers find a common genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease in Asians
• Mayo Clinic accepting applications for the Leo F. Black Scholarship award
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida and Mayo Clinic Expand Agreement, Offering In-Network Options
• Statement on FORTUNE Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America
• St. Luke's Hospital's stroke care program recertified by the Joint Commission