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Pathology

Study Finds Excessive Testing Prescribed for Monoclonal Gammopathy Patients

A retrospective analysis has determined that the tests for M-protein that physicians routinely order to help diagnose and monitor patients with the age-related immune disorder monoclonal gammopathy (MG), often do not benefit the patient. Pathologists who performed the study have proposed an optimizing algorithm for more effective decision-making based on the evidence for clinical value. More...
17 May 2016
Image: A histologic view of an endometrial adenocarcinoma showing many abnormal nuclei (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Study Finds Five New Genetic Risk Loci for Endometrial Cancer

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed five previously unknown risk loci for endometrial cancer. More...
16 May 2016
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Levels of Bim Protein in T-cells Reflect Success of Anti–PD-1 Cancer Therapy

Measurement of levels of Bim (BCL-2-interacting mediator of cell death) protein in circulating T-cells of cancer patients may provide a less invasive strategy to predict and monitor responses to anti–PD-1 therapy. More...
16 May 2016
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Blood Test Detects Breast Cancer Spread Earlier

More sensitive, non-invasive tests are required for secondary breast cancer, which occurs when new tumors grow in the bone, liver, lung or brain, to make diagnosis easier and for treatment to begin as early as possible. More...
12 May 2016
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Diagnostic Tests For Lung And Colon Cancer Launched In Europe

A unique combination of reliability, sensitivity, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness for targeted genetic testing for cancer has now become available to molecular pathologists. More...
12 May 2016

Blood Test Developed for Parkinson’s Disease

Currently no clinical biomarker test exists for Parkinson's and the only means of diagnosis is a neurological examination and by the time patients develop symptoms and undergo the examination, large numbers of vital brain cells have already been destroyed. More...
12 May 2016
Image: A diagram of the NuQ biomarker assay for prostate cancer (Photo courtesy of VolitionRx).

Blood Biomarker Assay Detects Prostate Cancer Early

Approximately 14% of men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during their lifetime and nearly three million men are estimated to be living with prostate cancer in the USA alone. More...
12 May 2016
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