Biomarkers are like the X on a treasure map, but instead of indicating the location of unearthed riches, they indicate an individual's health status. Common biomarkers include certain RNA or protein molecules present in tissues ...
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For military personnel who were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the early 2000s, burn pits—areas where various waste was burned in open pits—were a visceral reminder of that hellish experience.
Jun 15, 2022
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June is Men's Health Month. Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in American men. It's the second-leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer.
Jun 15, 2022
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Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to identify thyroid nodules seen on thyroid ultrasound that are very unlikely to be cancerous, reducing a large number of unnecessary biopsies, according to a new study being presented ...
Jun 11, 2022
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There is no significant association between metachronous cancer and biopsy of nontumor sites after biopsy of a primary colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a study published online May 26 in Clinical Gastroenterology and ...
Jun 9, 2022
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A skin biopsy is often used to diagnose skin cancer and other skin conditions.
Jun 6, 2022
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Mount Sinai researchers have validated for the first time that a simple blood test called a liquid biopsy could be a better predictor of whether cancer immunotherapy will be successful for a patient with lung cancer than ...
Jun 2, 2022
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The days of heart transplant survivors undergoing invasive biopsies could soon be over after a new MRI technique has proven to be safe and effective; reducing complications and hospital admissions.
May 29, 2022
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Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to identify lung cancer at the cellular level in real time during a biopsy, offering promise in the ability to detect the disease ...
May 18, 2022
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UC Davis Health physicians have performed the first single-anesthesia diagnosis to treatment of lung cancer using a fully robotic approach in the UC Health System.
May 17, 2022
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