Medical research
'Cure or nothing' doesn't capture the realities of modern cancer research and treatment
Cancer was in the past, and among many people still is, something of a taboo.
Dec 23, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers predict 10-year breast cancer recurrence with MRI scans
Diverse diseases like breast cancer can present challenges for clinicians, specifically on a cellular level. While one patient's tumor may differ from another's, the cells within the tumor of a single patient can also vary ...
Dec 19, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
A new machine learning approach detects esophageal cancer better than current methods
Recently, deep learning methods have shown promising results for analyzing histological patterns in microscopy images. These approaches, however, require a laborious, high-cost, manual annotation process by pathologists called ...
Nov 6, 2019
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Radiology & Imaging
3-D mammography: More breast cancers detected
A pilot trial of 3-D mammography—tomosynthesis—has shown that breast cancer detection, recall for assessment, and screen reading time were each higher than for standard mammography, but it is too soon to tell if more ...
Oct 21, 2019
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Medical research
Researchers discover a new way to improve the assessment of prostate cancer aggressiveness
Researchers from Queen's University Belfast have discovered a new way to predict the aggressiveness and future behavior of prostate cancers.
Oct 14, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
How CT scans continue to play a fundamental role in cancer treatment
If you have been diagnosed with cancer, you have probably received at least one CT scan, before or during the course of your treatment, and possibly many more.
Oct 8, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Artificial intelligence could yield more accurate breast cancer diagnoses
UCLA researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that could help pathologists read biopsies more accurately and to better detect and diagnose breast cancer.
Aug 9, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers use AI to establish molecular tumor classification and prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer
Treating physicians need information about the molecular subtype of the tumor if they are to provide targeted therapy for colorectal carcinoma. A research team from University Hospital Zurich and the University of Oxford ...
Jul 5, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers to develop handheld device to diagnose skin cancer
Even the best dermatologists can't diagnose skin cancer by eye, relying on magnifying glasses to examine suspicious blemishes and scalpels to cut tissue for analysis. With up to more than 70 percent of biopsies coming back ...
Jun 20, 2019
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Medical research
Studying the function of liver cancer genes in mini-organs
Researchers from the Hubrecht Institute and Radboud University have developed a human model in which they use organoids, or mini organs, to study the function of specific genes that are mutated in liver cancer. Using this ...
May 23, 2019
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