Mixed messages on DNA test a risk to bowel cancer screening, Australia
5/08/2014
Cancer Council is urging GPs to encourage asymptomatic patients 50 or over to screen for bowel cancer with a faecal occult blood test (FOBT), which remains the gold standard for population...
A retrospective study published online ahead of print in the medical journal Urology by a physician team from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) found that patients with metastatic kidney cancer...
Castle Biosciences Inc. announced that data from two clinical validation studies of its DecisionDx-EC multi-biomarker test were reviewed in an oral presentation at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW)...
Guidance offered by molecular tumor board in advanced cancer cases
5/08/2014
With accelerating development of personalized cancer treatments matched to a patient's DNA sequencing, proponents say frontline physicians increasingly need help to maneuver through the complex...
Cirrhosis patients benefit from liver cancer screening
5/08/2014
Liver cancer survival rates could be improved if more people with cirrhosis are screened for tumors using inexpensive ultrasound scans and blood tests, according to a review by doctors at UT...
Device captures complexity of living marrow in the laboratory
5/08/2014
The latest organ-on-a-chip from Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering reproduces the structure, functions and cellular make-up of bone marrow, a complex tissue that until now...
Study shows how ovarian cancer metabolism changes between early, late stages
5/08/2014
A Rice University-led analysis of the metabolic profiles of hundreds of ovarian tumors has revealed a new test to determine whether ovarian cancer cells have the potential to metastasize, or spread...
A surgical method combining two techniques for removing precancerous polyps during colonoscopies can substantially reduce the recovery time and the length of hospital stays, potentially saving the...
Eczema may reduce skin cancer risk, study suggests
5/08/2014
Eczema - a common skin condition that affects up to 30% of the US - may reduce the risk of skin cancer, according to new research from King's College London in the UK.
Promising biomarker discovered for esophageal cancer
5/08/2014
A new biomarker for esophageal cancer shows promise in improving screening for this deadly disease and its precursor, Barrett's esophagus.