Oncology & Cancer

A water droplet spun by sound screens for colon cancer

Mechanical engineers at Duke University have devised a new type of diagnostic platform that uses sound waves to spin an individual drop of water up to 6,000 revolutions per minute. These speeds separate tiny biological particles ...

Medical research

Assessing the impact of fast-track drug approval programs

Over the past decade, regulatory agencies such as the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States and the and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in the European Union have put programs in place to get new drugs ...

Oncology & Cancer

Smoking is an undertreated risk factor after a cancer diagnosis

While many cancer centers routinely document and ask about the smoking status of their patients, baseline survey results of a national quality improvement project led by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) describe the ...

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