The latest genomic analysis of pancreatic tumors identified two new pathways involved in the disease, information that could be capitalized on to develop new and earlier diagnostic tests for the disease
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As cancer researchers continue to identify genetic mutations driving different cancer subtypes, they are also creating a catalog of possible targets for new treatments.
Nov 30, 2011
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Rural Americans have higher rates of lung, colorectal and cervical cancers and higher cancer death rates overall compared to their metropolitan counterparts. They also have lower access to cancer screening, treatment and ...
Aug 3, 2024
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More educated people who are skilled at finding reliable information through social media don't always see cancer as fatal while those with less schooling and social media awareness hold more fatalistic beliefs about the ...
Jul 31, 2024
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Differences in socioeconomic status (SES) are known to be linked to differences in the risk of developing disease. While people with lower SES are more likely to develop complex diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular ...
Jun 1, 2024
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In a fast-paced digital age where patients can open their test results as soon as they are available, what happens when a patient reads through complicated results without a physician there to help them understand what it ...
May 7, 2024
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Text messaging women after initial outreach for breast cancer screening increases mammogram completion rates, according to a study published online May 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
May 6, 2024
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In 2016, The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) launched the Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative (MCGI) to bring the latest progress in cancer care to rural Maine patients. Now, after successfully expanding access to genome tumor testing ...
May 1, 2024
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A form of artificial intelligence called large language modeling (LLM), the same technology behind ChatGPT, could someday improve liver cancer care by extracting important data from medical charts much faster than humans, ...
Mar 1, 2024
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Breast cancer is on the rise, but new tools for early detection could save lives. In Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, researchers from the University of Florida and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan ...
Feb 13, 2024
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