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Novel AI blood test detects liver cancer

Written by Charlie King | 22 Nov 2022

A novel artificial intelligence blood testing technology developed and used by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers to successfully detect lung cancer in a 2021 study has now… read more.

Breast cancer survivorship doubles

Written by Charlie King | 8 Nov 2022

It was the information she couldn’t find that led Amy Kirkham, an assistant professor in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE), to her… read more.

Greater uptake of breast cancer screening if appointments are pre-booked

Written by Charlie King | 14 Oct 2022

The study, published today in the Journal of Medical Screening, found that issuing pre-booked appointments, rather than invitations to book an appointment, could lead to substantially greater uptake of… read more.

Immunotherapy before targeted therapy improves survival in advanced melanoma

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 4 Oct 2022

Researchers reported a 20 percent advantage in the two-year overall survival rate for subjects with advanced melanoma and a mutation in the BRAF gene, specifically a BRAF V600 mutation, who were initially… read more.

HKUMed research team estimates over 30% elevated risk of breast cancer among antipsychotic users

Written by Charlie King | 28 Sep 2022

A research team from the Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research (CSMPR), Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed)… read more.

Study shows annual screening before age 50 leads to lower proportions of advanced breast cancer

Written by Charlie King | 20 Sep 2022

A new study led by University of Ottawa professors has found Canadian provinces that annually screen women aged 40-49 had lower proportions of advanced breast cancer compared to… read more.

Deep learning algorithm may streamline lung cancer radiotherapy treatment

Written by Charlie King | 17 Sep 2022

Lung cancer, the most common cancer worldwide, is targeted with radiation therapy (RT) in nearly one-half of cases. RT planning is a manual, resource-intensive process that can take… read more.

OCT and AI may improve colon cancer screening

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 28 Aug 2022

A research team from the lab of Quing Zhu, the Edwin H. Murty Professor of Engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering… read more.

How did the early COVID-19 pandemic affect cancer survivors?

Written by Charlie King | 24 Aug 2022

Recent research indicates that during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the proportion of working-aged U.S. adults without health insurance did not change despite increases in unemployment,… read more.

Pralsetinib therapy shows high response in range of cancer patients with RET gene fusions

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 20 Aug 2022

In a Phase I/II trial, cancer treatment with pralsetinib has produced high response rates in patients with RET gene fusions, regardless of tumor type, researchers reported on Aug.12,… read more.

Prostate cancer cases risk being detected too late due to misleading focus on urinary problems

Written by Charlie King | 7 Aug 2022

Men with early, curable stages of prostate cancer are missing opportunities to have their cancer detected because national guidelines and media health campaigns focus on urinary symptoms despite… read more.

People with early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma face a higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than from cancer

Written by Charlie King | 27 Jul 2022

Treatment advances have improved the survival of individuals with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL)—a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system—but therapies can increase patients’ risk of developing heart… read more.

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