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We Must Improve Equity in Cancer Screening
Eliminating disparities in routine examinations will require outreach, availability and cultural consideration
Eliminating disparities in routine examinations will require outreach, availability and cultural consideration
Ultrasound triggered cells home in on tumors and then self destruct to deliver damage or therapeutics from inside.
Machine-learning algorithms can guide humans toward new experiments and theories
Biochemist Katalin Karikó and her colleague Drew Weissman were recently awarded a $3-million Breakthrough Prize for their work
The assay could also help evaluate organ transplants and fetal genetic disorders
Liquid biopsies show promise for early detection of deadly tumors
Cells need to cooperate to coexist in people, and when some break the rules, cancer results
The job of the oncologist of the future will be to prevent and treat the emergence of disease
An ordinary bacterium can trigger changes in some primary tumors that lead to dangerous metastasis
The assay looks for stomach, esophageal, colorectal, lung and liver malignancies
RNA sequencing has shown a previously unknown dimension to the way malignant cells work—which could lead to novel treatments
Health care providers are delaying “nonessential” surgeries—and that could hurt some patients
The promise of host-response profiling
New therapies for beloved pets are getting developed in hopes of treating humans as well
The startling discovery could open up avenues for treating some aggressive tumors
Principles of evolution and natural selection drive a radical new approach to drugs and prevention strategies
At some level, yes, and new therapies could boost the body’s natural anti-cancer responses
Two men are recognized for basic research that unleashed the immune system against cancer, becoming a new pillar of therapy
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