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Nanostics is using diagnostic technology to help health professionals intervene more quickly and efficiently with patients who are likely to need hospital care. A University of Alberta spinoff company focused on creating and commercializing non-invasive diagnostic tests is developing a ...

Pancreatic cancer is expected to become the second deadliest cancer in the United States by 2030. It is tough to cure because it is usually not discovered until it has reached an advanced stage. But a new...

Adding a blood test called liquid biopsy to a standard tissue biopsy could significantly improve the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment for patients with cancer, according to researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Their recommendation is...

Cancer scientists at University of Leicester involved in research demonstrating potential of novel blood test First blood test in development to detect both point mutations and copy number alterations to monitor breast cancer progression New liquid biopsy could help to identify metastatic ...

Doctors may soon be able to detect and monitor a patient’s cancer with a simple blood test, reducing or eliminating the need for more invasive procedures, according to Purdue University research. W. Andy Tao, a professor of biochemistry and member ...

from The Conversation by Elin Gray – Breast cancer could be detected using a blood test, according to reports out today. Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) are working with counterparts in France to make this form of cancer ...

from Prostate Cancer News Today – by Inês Martins – Biocept and Dr. Shilpa Gupta, an expert in cancers of the genitourinary tract, are working together to develop liquid, or blood-based, biopsies for patients with bladder and prostate cancer that may ...

Use of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) as a liquid biopsy has been proposed for potential identification and monitoring of solid tumours. Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics investigate a next-generation sequencing approach for mutation detection in ctDNA ...

from Modern Healthcare by Erica Teichert – While many clinical trials fail because of bad results, nearly 1 in 5 fail because of low patient enrollment. In many cases, patients and their doctors don’t know they could be eligible to ...

from Kera News by Sam Baker – A biopsy involves removing tissue to find out if you have a disease or the extent of it. The FDA recently approved a less-invasive “liquid” biopsy for a certain form of lung cancer. ...