By Sara Heath
August 22, 2023 – There are a lot of reasons why a young person might delay a preventive screening, with a new survey looking at colorectal cancer (CRC) screening showing that patient education…
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Paige partners with Ohio State Wexner Medical Center to assess AI’s role in precise prostate cancer diagnosis in community hospitals. The collaboration employs the FDA-approved Paige Prostate Detect AI tool to gauge diagnostic accuracy,…
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Researchers at the University of Leeds in the UK have developed a magnetic tentacle robot that is intended for use in minimally invasive medical procedures, such as the treatment of tumors in the lungs….
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Health technology company PicnicHealth announced it is moving into the oncology space and teaming up with AstraZeneca to build a registry to generate real-world data on breast cancer. The company says it will work with…
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Neutropenic fever is a common complication for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. In fact, one out of every 29 chemotherapy-treated patients is hospitalized, with a startling mortality rate of 7-9.5%. Fevers can come on suddenly and…
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A pioneering proton radiotherapy approach is employed in Switzerland to treat oesophageal cancer, with a 67-year-old patient being the first beneficiary. This innovative treatment aims to reduce lung complications and is part of a…
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More than 1,300 oncology drugs are in the development pipeline, waiting to potentially embark on the long journey toward their commercial debut. This journey is usually an arduous one, made even more difficult by…
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Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer (OPSCC) represents an OPSCC subgroup with an overall good prognosis with a rising incidence in Western countries. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that HPV-associated tumors are…
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By Shania Kennedy
August 18, 2023 – In a study recently published in JAMA Network Open, researchers have externally validated a machine learning (ML) model designed to predict six-month mortality risk for patients with advanced cancer…
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Remote monitoring is fast becoming central to the health service’s hopes of squaring the circle of increased demand for healthcare and staff shortages. For health tech company Entia, offering remote monitoring for cancer patients…
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