Sentences with phrase «on early detection of cancer»

Yu Kuang, an assistant professor in the School of Allied Health Sciences, is focused on the early detection of cancer and image - guided cancer treatment.

• GRAIL, Inc., a Menlo Park, Calif. - based life sciences company, has agreed to combine with Cirina, Ltd., a Hong Kong. - based company focused on early detection of cancer.

Not exact matches

• Grail, a life sciences company focused on early cancer detection that operates as a subsidiary of Illumina Inc. (Nasdaq: ILMN), raised more than $ 900 million in Series B funding.

The company is also working on an imaging device for early detection of lung, colon and cervical cancer.

Exact Sciences Corp. is a molecular diagnostics company focused on the early detection and prevention of the deadliest forms of cancer.

It's only $ 25, and proceeds benefit Bright Pink, a national non-profit focused on prevention and early detection of breast and ovarian cancer in young women.

Yet, when we, as a culture, look at «prevention» of breast cancer, efforts are typically focused on secondary prevention — early detection.

Responding to a review of 19 research papers, funded by Cancer Research UK, which reported information on cancer false alarms and the impact on people reporting future symptoms, including six carried out in the UK, Davinia Green, Head of Breast Awareness and Early Detection at Breast Cancer Care,Cancer Research UK, which reported information on cancer false alarms and the impact on people reporting future symptoms, including six carried out in the UK, Davinia Green, Head of Breast Awareness and Early Detection at Breast Cancer Care,cancer false alarms and the impact on people reporting future symptoms, including six carried out in the UK, Davinia Green, Head of Breast Awareness and Early Detection at Breast Cancer Care,Cancer Care, says:

The deals he and the legislative leaders struck earlier this week included a package of efforts to combat opioid and heroin addiction, a growing scourge across the state; a push to expand access to mammograms and other methods of breast - cancer detection; and an agreement on improving safety at rail crossings, which carried all the political excitement of, well, rail crossings.

Many cancer researchers focus on biomarkers that could provide diagnostics for the early detection of cancer.

The members of the initiative hope to improve early detection of cancer by making an impact in a variety of areas, including doing epidemiologic studies on risk factors, developing new and improved methods of diagnostic imaging, discovering and verifying new biomarkers as indicators of cancer, and developing new technologies to aid early detection.

«Our findings highlight the potential value for a randomized controlled trial of aspirin as an agent in early detection of breast cancer, particularly for women with naturally dense tissues who may be at an increased risk for certain cancers,» said Despina Kontos, PhD, assistant professor of Radiology, and co-author on the study.

Screening colonoscopy reduces colorectal cancer death risk through detection and treatment of early cancerous or precancerous lesions (adenomas) but its effectiveness depends on examination quality, which is measured by adenoma detection rates (ADRs).

This new partnership, called the Florida Pancreas Collaborative, represents the first state - wide multi-cancer center collaboration dedicated to conducting research on IPMNs with the ultimate goal of promoting the prevention and early detection of pancreatic cancer.

The collection contains over 20,000 different samples of Salmonella, with half of the samples housed at the Cancer Research Center where researchers affiliated with MU focus on three areas of cancer research: early detection, targeted treatment and new, effective chemothCancer Research Center where researchers affiliated with MU focus on three areas of cancer research: early detection, targeted treatment and new, effective chemothcancer research: early detection, targeted treatment and new, effective chemotherapy.

In my laboratory at NYU Langone, I focus on precision medicine, rare tumors, and early detection and prevention of gynecologic cancers.

«Based on a better understanding of its origins, our study suggests new strategies for the prevention and early detection of ovarian cancer,» senior study author Douglas A. Levine, MD, director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Perlmutter Cancer Center and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at NYU School of Medicine, tells Medcancer,» senior study author Douglas A. Levine, MD, director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Perlmutter Cancer Center and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at NYU School of Medicine, tells MedCancer Center and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at NYU School of Medicine, tells Medscape.

The Red and Charline McCombs Institute for the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer brings together thought leaders in six key areas of biomedical research to focus on molecular - based approaches to cancer diagnosis and treaCancer brings together thought leaders in six key areas of biomedical research to focus on molecular - based approaches to cancer diagnosis and treacancer diagnosis and treatment.

This center focuses on new imaging modalities for the detection of early gastrointestinal cancer; minimally invasive endoscopic resection of superficial gastrointestinal malignancies; and combined endo - surgical minimally invasive interventions.

Therefore Professor Stein has developed a blood test for early detection of cancer, based on the MACC1 gene.

My PhD training focused on early detection of colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer using optical imaging methods.

Researchers at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) have developed a lab - on - a-chip device that can detect protein cancer markers in a drop of blood, working as a very early cancer - detection system.

The Cancer Prevention Clinic, located on the fourth floor of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance outpatient clinic, will offer state - of - the - art cancer early detection, risk assessment and counseling services for any Western Washington resCancer Prevention Clinic, located on the fourth floor of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance outpatient clinic, will offer state - of - the - art cancer early detection, risk assessment and counseling services for any Western Washington resCancer Care Alliance outpatient clinic, will offer state - of - the - art cancer early detection, risk assessment and counseling services for any Western Washington rescancer early detection, risk assessment and counseling services for any Western Washington resident.

Summary: Because there has been only scattered progress in treatment since the «War on Cancer» was declared in December 1971, researchers from the University of Chicago recommend, in a New England Journal Special Article, shifting much of the research emphasis away from treatment and toward prevention and early detection.

«Since the slight decrease in cancer mortality largely reflects changing incidence or earlier detection, rather than improved therapy, the logical next step, we believe, would be to shift more resources into an arena where we have proved that they make a difference and concentrate our efforts on prevention and early detection of cancer,» says Bailar.

Background In our institute, the first research program on disseminated tumor cells (DTC) detection in the bone marrow of early breast cancer patients was initiated in the late 90's; with about a thousand patients included, we constituted one of the largest cohort ever reported and contributed to the landmark report that established bone marrow DTC as a level - of - evidence 1 prognostic factor in early breast cancer (Braun, N Engl J Med 2005).

Additionally, she serves on the Editorial Boards of Breast Cancer Research, Carcinogenesis: Integrative Biology, the Journal of Computational Biology and JCO Precision Oncology and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) Adaptive Oncology Initiative and the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Early Detection Research Committee.

The CABI imaging core, as part of a 315,000 square foot research facility (South Campus Research Building 3), was established at MD Anderson in April 2007 and is part of the Red and Charline McCombs Institute for the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer on MD Anderson's South Campus.

The Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNAs (RNA Center), established under the Red and Charline McCombs Institute for the Early Detection and Treatment of Cancer, is a unique collaborative initiative among MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Rice University and the University of Houston that will focus on gaining insights into the roles of newly discovered RNAs in cancer initiation, progression and disseminCancer, is a unique collaborative initiative among MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Rice University and the University of Houston that will focus on gaining insights into the roles of newly discovered RNAs in cancer initiation, progression and disseminCancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Rice University and the University of Houston that will focus on gaining insights into the roles of newly discovered RNAs in cancer initiation, progression and dissemincancer initiation, progression and dissemination.

In addition to the fields of viral therapy and immunotherapy, researchers are working on methods of early detection, which is crucial to successful treatment of liver cancer, Fong said.

Diagnosed with skin cancer on her forehead in her 20s, Kate has worked closely with the American Academy of Dermatology to promote early skin - cancer detection and prevention.

Given that four out of every five melanoma deaths are preventable, education on the prevention and early detection of skin cancer is clearly paramount.

Bandai Namco Games America and the NBCF are on a mission to fight the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the US, and raise money in order to provide further help to those affected by breast cancer via early detection, education, and other helpful support services.

Although most agencies providing recommendations on prostate cancer screening, especially those outside the United States, do not recommend routine PSA testing for the early detection of prostate cancer, it continues to be performed frequently medical experts noted.

Effects of an interactive mHealth innovation for early detection of patient - reported symptom distress with focus on participatory care: protocol for a study based on prospective, randomised, controlled trials in patients with prostate and breast cancer.