News tagged with tumor biopsies
New prostate cancer test improves risk assessment
(Medical Xpress)—A new genomic test for prostate cancer can help predict whether men are more likely to harbor an aggressive form of the disease, according to a new UC San Francisco study. The test, which improves risk ...
Cancer
May 08, 2013 |
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Gene test may help guide prostate cancer treatment
A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it.
Genetics
May 08, 2013 |
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GPS-like technology helps diagnose prostate tumors
The lead investigator of a way to obtain images of prostate tumors and accurately diagnose them said Thursday that the new technology is the medical equivalent of a global positioning system for the prostate gland.
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May 03, 2013 |
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Early biomarker for pancreatic cancer identified
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have identified a new biomarker and therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer, an often-fatal disease for which there is currently ...
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May 15, 2012 |
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Melanoma transection doesn't affect overall survival
(HealthDay)—Melanoma transection does not affect disease-free survival or mortality, according to a study published online Sept. 10 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
Cancer
Sep 18, 2012 |
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Blood tests can provide fuller picture of mutations in cancer than traditional biopsies do
A new blood test revealed more of the gene mutations that sustain certain digestive-tract tumors than did a DNA analysis of a traditional tumor biopsy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators will report at a special symposium ...
Cancer
Apr 07, 2013 |
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First WGS of multiple pancreatic cancer patients outlined in new study
Whole genome sequencing—spelling out all 3 billion letters in the human genome—"is an obvious and powerful method for advancing our understanding of pancreatic cancer," according to a new study from TGen, Mayo Clinic ...
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Oct 10, 2012 |
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New diagnostic technology may lead to individualized treatments for prostate cancer
(Medical Xpress)—A research team jointly led by scientists from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the University of California, Los Angeles, have enhanced a device they developed to identify and "grab" circulating tumor cells, ...
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Apr 02, 2013 |
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Study discovers gene signature that predicts prostate cancer survival
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a six-gene signature that can be used in a test to predict survival in men with aggressive prostate cancer, according to new research published in the October ...
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Oct 10, 2012 |
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Biopsy-based algorithm found accurate for small renal masses
(HealthDay)—Compared with final pathology, biopsy of small renal masses (SRMs) can be accurately used in a treatment algorithm to direct management, according to research published in the February issue ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 09, 2013 |
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Scripps physicians call for change in cancer tissue handling
Genetic sequencing technology is altering the way cancer is diagnosed and treated, but traditional specimen handling methods threaten to slow that progress.
Cancer
Jan 04, 2013 |
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Surgery doesn't up pediatric neuroblastoma outcomes
(HealthDay)—For pediatric patients with stage 4 neuroblastoma, surgery of the primary tumor site has no impact on outcomes, according to a study published online Jan. 2 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Jan 15, 2013 |
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Laser-light testing of breast tumor fiber patterns helps show whose cancer is spreading
Using advanced microscopes equipped with tissue-penetrating laser light, cancer imaging experts at Johns Hopkins have developed a promising, new way to accurately analyze the distinctive patterns of ultra-thin collagen fibers ...
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Nov 01, 2012 |
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You could be sick ... but probably not
Do you automatically assume that a headache is a brain tumor? Do you worry that a minor cut could lead to flesh-eating bacteria ravaging a limb and requiring massive surgical intervention?
Health
Aug 14, 2012 |
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Feeling the force of cancer
The spread of cancer cells from primary tumors to other parts of the body remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. The research group of Prof. Roderick Lim, Argovia Professor for Nanobiology of ...
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Oct 23, 2012 |
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