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Cancer Biomarker
Cancer Biomarker: refers to a substance or process that is indicative of the presence of cancer in the body. A biomarker may be a molecule secreted by a tumor or a specific response of the body to the presence of cancer.
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MAY 14, 2016Cancer
For colorectal cancer caused by mutations in the RAS gene, the anticancer drug cetuximab remains the most formidable def ...MAY 06, 2016Cancer
Researchers say a protein biomarker could indicate whether a childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, will relapse. Absence of t ...APR 13, 2016Cancer
Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts are launching a cancer tissue repository for use ...APR 11, 2016Cancer
In an effort to improve sensitivity for cancer detection, engineers at the Case Western Reserve University have achieved ...APR 07, 2016Cancer
Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer in both men and women. With such a high incidence rate and an equal ...APR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To confirm the presence of cancerous tissues, doctors often have to rely on biopsies, which can be painful and highly in ...MAR 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To help treat pancreatic cancer, scientists are taking a step back to diagnose the disease before it becomes lethal. In ...MAR 26, 2016Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge ...MAR 24, 2016Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o ...MAR 24, 2016Cancer
There’s a new gene player in breast cancer, and it’s called GT198. Already known to be mutated in early onse ...MAR 11, 2016Cancer
A common theme in medicine is that detecting a disease early on can lead to more effective treatments. The idea relies p ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Screening melanoma patients’ blood could allow doctors to predict chances of cancer relapse. According to a new st ...MAR 06, 2016Cancer
Omega-3 fatty acids fight inflammation, which may explain why they seems to lower the risk of breast cancer in postmenop ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 04, 2016Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
According to researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH), a simple blood test may soon be able to detect fiv ...JAN 19, 2016Cancer
A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitor ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Metastasis is one of the biggest challenges facing current available cancer treatments. It is this unpredictable progres ...DEC 29, 2015Cancer
Women with a history of false positive mammogram results may be at increased risk of developing breast cancer for up to ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 29, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study may open the door for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) drug treatment. Researchers from the University of ...DEC 03, 2015Health & Medicine
In the United States, about 67 percent of women 40 and older ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 24, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste ...NOV 19, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have known for a while that taking low daily doses of aspirin decreases the odds of a person having a heart a ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetSEP 20, 2015Cancer
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer helps many men to live longer. The therapy can reduce or block the production of and ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 18, 2015Cancer
Women successfully treated for breast cancer know that it could return. New research published in the journal Clinical E ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAY 14, 2016
Cancer
For colorectal cancer caused by mutations in the RAS gene, the anticancer drug cetuximab remains the most formidable def
...
MAY 06, 2016
Cancer
Researchers say a protein biomarker could indicate whether a childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, will relapse. Absence of t
...
APR 13, 2016
Cancer
Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts are launching a cancer tissue repository for use
...
APR 11, 2016
Cancer
In an effort to improve sensitivity for cancer detection, engineers at the Case Western Reserve University have achieved
...
APR 07, 2016
Cancer
Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer in both men and women. With such a high incidence rate and an equal
...
APR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To confirm the presence of cancerous tissues, doctors often have to rely on biopsies, which can be painful and highly in
...
MAR 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To help treat pancreatic cancer, scientists are taking a step back to diagnose the disease before it becomes lethal. In
...
MAR 26, 2016
Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge
...
MAR 24, 2016
Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o
...
MAR 24, 2016
Cancer
There’s a new gene player in breast cancer, and it’s called GT198. Already known to be mutated in early onse
...
MAR 11, 2016
Cancer
A common theme in medicine is that detecting a disease early on can lead to more effective treatments. The idea relies p
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Screening melanoma patients’ blood could allow doctors to predict chances of cancer relapse. According to a new st
...
MAR 06, 2016
Cancer
Omega-3 fatty acids fight inflammation, which may explain why they seems to lower the risk of breast cancer in postmenop
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 04, 2016
Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH), a simple blood test may soon be able to detect fiv
...
JAN 19, 2016
Cancer
A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitor
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Metastasis is one of the biggest challenges facing current available cancer treatments. It is this unpredictable progres
...
DEC 29, 2015
Cancer
Women with a history of false positive mammogram results may be at increased risk of developing breast cancer for up to
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 29, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new study may open the door for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) drug treatment. Researchers from the University of
...
DEC 03, 2015
Health & Medicine
In the United States, about 67 percent of women 40 and older
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 24, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste
...
NOV 19, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have known for a while that taking low daily doses of aspirin decreases the odds of a person having a heart a
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
SEP 20, 2015
Cancer
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer helps many men to live longer. The therapy can reduce or block the production of and
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 18, 2015
Cancer
Women successfully treated for breast cancer know that it could return. New research published in the journal Clinical E
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider