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Image: Immunohistochemistry showing positive CINtec p16 staining (Photo courtesy of Ventana).

Protein Test Improves Survival Prediction for Oropharyngeal Carcinoma

A simple protein test could prove more useful in predicting survival chances for patients with head-and-neck cancer compared to existing methods.  More...
13 Feb 2014
Image: Comparison of residual cancer detected with the new confocal imaging technique and the currently used freezing and staining technique (Photo courtesy of Dr. Milind Rajadyhyaksha, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center).

Mosaic Confocal Microscopy Technique Speeds Up Skin Cancer Surgery

A new and faster optical approach called strip mosaicing confocal microscopy was recently developed to reduce the time required to perform Mohs surgery for the removal of malignant skin cancers.   More...
12 Feb 2014
Cancer Patients Image: Micrograph of an intramucosal esophageal adenocarcinoma, a type of esophageal cancer (Photo courtesy of Nephron).

Test Identifies Resistance to Chemotherapy in Esophageal Cancer Patients

A proprietary predictive test for esophageal cancer demonstrated strong accuracy and specificity in identifying patients who are likely to have tumors that are extremely resistant to standard presurgical treatment of chemotherapy and radiation.   More...
06 Feb 2014
Image: An osteoblast in a bone marrow sample (Photo courtesy of Gabriel Caponetti).

Common Leukemia Induced by Single Mutation in Osteoblasts

Acute myeloid leukemia is a blood cancer, but for many patients the cancer may originate from an unusual source: a mutation in their bone cells, called osteoblasts.   More...
06 Feb 2014
Image: Photomicrograph of solid ovarian carcinoma (Photo courtesy of University of Guelph).

Germline and Somatic Variants Analyzed in Ovarian Cancer

Genetic studies of inherited predisposition to ovarian cancer have tended to focus on women with a known family history of the disease.    More...
06 Feb 2014
Image: The ImageStreamX Imaging Flow Cytometer (Photo courtesy of Amnis Corporation).

Analysis of Exosome Uptake May Lead to Simplified Bladder Cancer Diagnosis

A novel cell-cytometry technique has been developed that enables characterization of the uptake and internalization of exosomes by human bladder cancer cells, which may open new routes to the early diagnosis of the disease.  More...
05 Feb 2014
Image: The mirVana PARIS RNA and Native Protein Purification Kit (Photo courtesy of Life Technologies).

Molecular Blood Test Detects Lung Cancer

The diagnostic performance of a noninvasive plasma micro-ribonucleic acid  ignature classifier has been retrospectively evaluated in samples collected from smokers.    More...
04 Feb 2014
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The Pathology channel details advances in the field of Surgical Pathology and all its subspecialties, including Cytopathology and its subspecialties.