Mobile 'Man Van' spots prostate cancer more quickly and cheaply than via GPs
Mobile testing "Man Van" can diagnose prostate cancer in at-risk groups earlier and more affordably than GPs, according to new research.
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Neoplastic Process: Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
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Treatment advances and predictive biomarkers stand to improve bladder cancer care
Recent advances in bladder cancer treatments may offer hope of curative care to more patients, including those with high-risk localized, muscle-invasive disease, according to an editorial published in the New England Journal ...
Nov 13, 2024
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Long-term risks from prostate cancer treatment detailed in new report
The risks of adverse effects and complications from treatment for prostate cancer are substantial and continue for years after treatment ends. The largest comprehensive analysis reporting long-term risks from such treatment ...
Nov 7, 2024
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Microplastics found in urinary tract linked to health risks
A new study challenges a 2019 World Health Organization report that microplastics in drinking water are harmless after confirming their presence in kidney, urine and bladder cancer samples.
Sep 26, 2024
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Ruling out other conditions needed with suspected interstitial cystitis
Efforts to rule out bladder tumors and tuberculosis are still essential in the follow-up of patients with suspected interstitial cystitis (IC), according to a study published online Aug. 11 in the International Journal of ...
Sep 4, 2024
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Bladder cancer discovery leads to potential new treatment pathway
Researchers from University of Queensland's Frazer Institute have discovered the mechanism that bladder cancer uses to suppress the immune system's natural killer (NK) cells.
Aug 20, 2024
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Scientists unravel how the BCG vaccine leads to the destruction of bladder cancer cells
Using zebrafish "avatars," an animal model developed by the Cancer Development and Innate Immune Evasion lab at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF), led by Rita Fior, Mayra Martínez-López—a former Ph.D. student at the lab now ...
Aug 8, 2024
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Cancer risk from pesticides comparable to smoking in some cases, study finds
In modern day agriculture, pesticides are essential to ensure high enough crop yields and food security. These chemicals, however, can adversely affect plant and animal life as well as the people exposed to them.
Jul 25, 2024
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Three animals that can detect disease in humans
When it comes to accurately diagnosing a disease, you might think you need expensive, high-tech machinery and equipment capable of looking deep beneath the skin at what's going on in the body. But while these high-tech implements ...
Jul 8, 2024
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New urine test can improve accuracy for early detection of bladder cancer in patients with hematuria
One of the first signs of bladder cancer can be blood in the urine (hematuria). Investigators developed and analyzed the results of a streamlined and simplified DNA-based urine test to improve the accuracy of early detection ...
Jun 21, 2024
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