Cancer Diagnostics – News and Features

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AI Model Effectively Detects Prostate Cancer
A deep learning model can effectively detect prostate cancer from MRI images, a new study reports.

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Routine Blood Tests for Stomach Pain or Bloating Could Speed Up Cancer Diagnosis
The results of routine blood tests could be used to speed up cancer diagnosis among people with stomach pain or bloating, a new study suggests.

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Biomarker May Predict Chemotherapy Benefits for Colon Cancer Patients
Scientists validated a biomarker that potentially predicts whether a stage 2 or 3 colon cancer patient will benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy. The research team aggregated gene expression profiles to create a 933-patient data set.

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Developments in Extracellular Vesicle Research Present a Promising Future
This article explores how recent advances in nanoscale technology are helping researchers to obtain more data with less hands-on time, vastly increasing what they can study and discover about diseases.

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Leveraging Proteomics for Clinical Biomarker Discovery
In this article, Asim Siddiqui explores the emerging ability of proteomics to reveal new biomarkers for disease.

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Novel CRISPR Method Teaches Gene Scissors To Detect RNA
CRISPR-Cas systems have become a plentiful source of technologies for molecular diagnostics and researchers have now developed a novel method that enables the detection of RNA with Cas12 nucleases, which naturally target DNA.

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Tool Predicts Nerve Damage From Cancer Treatment
Many women treated for breast cancer using taxanes, a type of cytostatic drug, often experience side effects in the nervous system. Researchers have now developed a tool that can predict the risk level for each individual.

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Study Gains New Insights Into Improved Thyroid Cancer Detection
Variants of the Ras gene in thyroid tumors could be used for more accurate cancer diagnoses and treatment.

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AI Model Detects Cancer Clues Better and Faster Than Current Methods
Researchers have developed an AI model that increases the potential for detecting cancer through sugar analyses.
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