Liquid biopsy offers new tools for detecting recurrent breast cancer and monitoring its progression: Liquid biopsy performed on serum samples taken from breast cancer patients can provide increasingly accurate information on cancer progression and enable earlier detection of cancer recurrence, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows. The […]
Researchers from the University of East Anglia have developed a new urine test for prostate cancer which also shows how aggressive the disease is. A new study published today shows how an experimental new test called ‘ExoGrail‘ has the potential to revolutionise how patients with suspected prostate cancer are risk-assessed prior to an invasive biopsy. […]
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Towards the early detection of oral cancers: New technology offers a way to visually examine the mouth for cancer, without the need for a surgical biopsy, by Dr Tami Yap and Professor Michael McCullough, University of Melbourne (first published in Pursuit). If you noticed a new dark spot on your shoulder or changes in an […]
NHS England has given the green light and a £1 million grant for a team to develop a pain-free, non-invasive and instant way to detect mouth cancer. The funding from SBRI Healthcare has been awarded to the University of Sheffield and medical device diagnostics company Zilico, to create a fully functioning prototype. Once built and […]
Many people with suspected cancer undergo biopsies to diagnose their condition; however, there are growing concerns that biopsies carry their own risks and may even seed cancer cells into surrounding tissue. A biopsy is the removal of a sample of tissue from the body for examination under a microscope to assist diagnosis. The type of […]