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NCRI 2019: Cervical pre-cancer can be detected in self-collected urine or vaginal samples
Researchers have developed a non-invasive test to detect cervical pre-cancer by analysing urine and vaginal…
Study examines kidney injury in patients taking immunotherapy cancer medications
A new study indicates that kidney damage is fairly common in patients who take immunotherapy…
Tiny cancer tracers could lift survival rates
Nanoparticles that can detect complex cancer cells and potentially improve five-year survival rates are headed…
Enter the exosome: How cancer and immune cells communicate
Cells can’t text each other the way we can, but they can still communicate. One…
Blood test can predict prognosis in deadly brain cancer
A blood test that measures the amount of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the bloodstream -…
Dynamic transition of the blood-brain barrier in the development of NSCLC brain metastases
Effective drug delivery through the blood-tumour barrier (BTB) is one of the greatest therapeutic obstacles…
Does eating dairy foods increase your risk of prostate cancer?
Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is…
Researchers identify possible approach to block medulloblastoma growth
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a potential approach to…
3D-printed device finds ‘needle in a haystack’ cancer cells by removing the hay
Finding a handful of cancer cells hiding among billions of blood cells in a patient…
3D mammography: More breast cancers detected
A pilot trial of 3-D mammography—tomosynthesis—has shown that breast cancer detection, recall for assessment, and…