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Scientists uncover how some skin cancers resist treatment at the end of life

Scientists have found out how some skin cancers stop responding to treatment at the end of life.

30 Mar 2023

Hormonal contraceptives and breast cancer: what's the risk?

The current study, reported in the PLOS Medicine journal, explored breast cancer risk linked to the current or past use of hormonal contraception during the reproductive period in women.

26 Mar 2023

Circadian rhythms govern cancer progression and metastasis

Your circadian rhythm doesn't just govern your sleeping schedule; it can also impact cancer development, diagnosis, and treatment.

24 Mar 2023

Brown adipose tissue may help improve survival in people with cancer

Brown fat is not linked to cancer-associated loss of body weight and muscle mass, a common condition known as cachexia, according to a new joint study from The Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

23 Mar 2023

Machine learning applications for the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of cancer

Researchers review the application of machine learning in improving cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

19 Mar 2023

One-Pot-LAMP: A promising tool for non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis

Researchers assessed the efficiency of a genetic decoding system for diagnosing non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

16 Mar 2023

Young people also at risk of colorectal cancer

When Nikki Lawson started to experience some pretty disruptive gastrointestinal discomfort at 35, she chalked it up to her food choices.

6 Mar 2023

Virtual or in person: Which kind of doctor’s visit is better, and when it matters

When the covid-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors' offices nationwide, telemedicine was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. Patients and their physicians turned to virtual visits by video or phone rather than risk meeting face-to-face.

6 Mar 2023

High throughput device isolates and classifies metabolically active CTCs

Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney have developed a new device that can detect and analyze cancer cells from blood samples, enabling doctors to avoid invasive biopsy surgeries, and to monitor treatment progress.

27 Feb 2023

Medicaid expansion may improve outcomes for children with cancer

Medicaid expansion may improve outcomes for children with cancer, finds a new analysis from the Brown School and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

21 Feb 2023

A law was meant to free sick or aging inmates. Instead, some are left to die in prison.

Jimmy Dee Stout was serving time on drug charges when he got grim news early last year.

21 Feb 2023

Integrating AI with infrared imaging to improve colon cancer diagnosis

Artificial intelligence and infrared imaging automatically classify tumors and are faster than previous methods.

14 Feb 2023

Strip-type urine sensor can aid in cancer diagnosis

A research team led by Dr. Ho Sang Jung of the Surface & Nano Materials Divison of the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, conducted joint research with Professor Junsuk Rho of POSTECH and Professor Samjin Choi of Kyung Hee University Medical School to find metabolites in urine.

14 Feb 2023

Five teams awarded funding from the Starr Cancer Consortium to advance cancer research

Five teams led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have been awarded funding from the Starr Cancer Consortium in its 16th annual grant competition.

10 Feb 2023

Can commercial AI-based CAD software improve the detection rate of actionable lung nodules on chest radiographs?

Researchers performed a single-center, open-label RCT to investigate whether commercial AI-debased CAD system could improve the detection rate of actionable lung nodules on chest radiographs.

9 Feb 2023

New blood test can detect prostate cancer with greater accuracy than current methods

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have helped develop a new blood test to detect prostate cancer with greater accuracy than current methods.

8 Feb 2023

New research examines how COVID-19 affects immune-compromised people

Researchers evaluate outcomes in immunocompromised patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

5 Feb 2023

Medicaid expansion in Southern states leads to earlier and more comprehensive treatment of breast cancer

Patients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in a Southern state that expanded access to Medicaid were more likely to receive treatment and less likely to be diagnosed with advanced-stage disease, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

1 Feb 2023

Deep-learning based filter removes false positives, improves the accuracy of cancer diagnosis

Next-generation cancer strategies rely on next-generation gene sequencing (NGS), which paves the way for new techniques and tools to detect mutations and determine patient therapy.

1 Feb 2023

Highly effective detection of cancer biomarkers using CRISPR

Most cancer diagnostic techniques rely on uncomfortable and invasive procedures, such as biopsies, endoscopies or mammograms.

1 Feb 2023

Cancer Diagnosis News and Research

Scientists uncover how some skin cancers resist treatment at the end of life

Hormonal contraceptives and breast cancer: what's the risk?

Circadian rhythms govern cancer progression and metastasis

Brown adipose tissue may help improve survival in people with cancer

Machine learning applications for the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of cancer

One-Pot-LAMP: A promising tool for non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis

Young people also at risk of colorectal cancer

Virtual or in person: Which kind of doctor’s visit is better, and when it matters

High throughput device isolates and classifies metabolically active CTCs

Medicaid expansion may improve outcomes for children with cancer

A law was meant to free sick or aging inmates. Instead, some are left to die in prison.

Integrating AI with infrared imaging to improve colon cancer diagnosis

Strip-type urine sensor can aid in cancer diagnosis

Five teams awarded funding from the Starr Cancer Consortium to advance cancer research

Can commercial AI-based CAD software improve the detection rate of actionable lung nodules on chest radiographs?

New blood test can detect prostate cancer with greater accuracy than current methods

New research examines how COVID-19 affects immune-compromised people

Medicaid expansion in Southern states leads to earlier and more comprehensive treatment of breast cancer

Deep-learning based filter removes false positives, improves the accuracy of cancer diagnosis

Highly effective detection of cancer biomarkers using CRISPR

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