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Image: The Isolation by Size of Epithelial Tumor cells (ISET) technology (Photo courtesy of Rarecells Diagnostics).

Circulating Tumor Cells Allow Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a risk factor for lung cancer and migration of circulating tumor cells into the blood stream is an early event that occurs during carcinogenesis.  More...
26 Nov 2014

Identification of Independent Primary Lung Tumors and Tumors with Metastases Using Next-Generation DNA Sequencing

A team of oncologists and surgeons used a next-generation DNA sequencing technique to determine whether non-small-cell lung cancer patients with multiple tumors carried independent primary tumors or a single primary tumor that had metastasized. More...
25 Nov 2014
Image: The cytosponge exiting the gel capsule after being swallowed (Photo courtesy of Plexus).

Sponge on a String Could Replace Endoscopy

A sponge on a string that is easily swallowed could replace traditional endoscopy as an equally effective but less invasive way of diagnosing a condition that can be a forerunner of esophageal cancer.  More...
24 Nov 2014

Degree of Genomic Damage and Hypoxia Predict Likelihood of Prostate Cancer Relapse

A team of Canadian cancer researchers has developed a test based on genetic and environmental indices that distinguishes between prostate cancer patients with low or high risk of relapse following treatment.  More...
23 Nov 2014

Novel Sequence Analysis Services Improve Pathogen Identification

A set of new-generation sequencing services provides unique tools for more effective identification of known and unknown microorganisms, including bacterial, viral, fungal, and protozoan parasite pathogens.   More...
19 Nov 2014
Image: The prototype of a diagnostic device that determines whether the prostate tissue sample is benign or malignant in 90 seconds (Photo courtesy of Fraunhofer IKTS).

Device Rapidly Diagnoses Prostate Cancer

A new device facilitates the diagnosis of prostate cancer for doctors distinguishing between benign and malignant prostate tissue and through a visual analysis, the device can reliably determine if it is carcinoma within a minute-and-a-half.  More...
18 Nov 2014
Image: Histopathology of invasive pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (Photo courtesy of Casemed2013).

Single Blood Test Could Screen for Several Cancers

A laboratory test that can screen for multiple cancer types from a single blood sample could be developed after hundreds of compounds have been identified in the blood of cancer patients.  More...
17 Nov 2014
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