Pathology
Prostate Cancer Screening Improved by Repeating Abnormal Tests
For more than 20 years, the prostate-specific antigen test has been used to help screen for prostate cancer, but in recent years, some task forces have called for this blood test to be abandoned because it leads to many unnecessary biopsies. More...29 Dec 2015
Cancer Detected by Dynamic Morphology Tracking on Aptamer-Grafted Surfaces
Cell motility is a phenomenon where cells move by protruding and contracting sections of the membrane that is a complex process performed through sophisticated balancing act between internal cytoskeleton structure and the cell membrane proteins. More...22 Dec 2015
Different Mutations May Predict Different Responses to Chemotherapy
Among patients with estrogen receptor-positive, metastatic breast cancer, those who had a D538G and/or a Y537S mutation in the estrogen receptor 1 gene, as detected in cell-free DNA obtained from patient blood samples, had significantly worse median overall survival. More...21 Dec 2015
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