Maureen Malin MD
Providence, RI:
Can a Blood Test Detect Cancers Earlier?
Researchers move 'a step forward,' assessing DNA fragments for colon, breast, ovarian and lung tumors
Could this blood test eventually screen people for cancer?
Liquid Biopsy Blood Test May Find Cancer Before Symptoms Start
How to Detect Cancer Early
Like a broken record we often say prevention is better than cure, but it has never been more truer than with cancer. Early Detection saves lives.
Study suggests blood test could guide precision treatment in bladder cancer
A blood test that can detect tiny amounts of circulating cancer DNA may be able to identify risk of ...
Could we soon be able to detect cancer in 10 minutes?
Pioneering methods are being developed to find traces of tumours quickly in small blood samples
Blood Test May Help Guide Breast Cancer Treatment
The test is individualized using DNA from a piece of the tumor taken when the breast cancer is first diagnosed.
How Close Are We to a Blood Test for Breast Cancer?
There’s a new blood test that aims to detect breast cancer. It’s one of many attempts to create an effective early detection method.
Blood Test Predicts How Long Cancer Patients Will Survive
Survival evaluations can determine whether or not pharmacological treatment should be given. Cytotoxic chemotherapy would rarely be prescribed in a patient unlikely to survive beyond several weeks because of unpleasant side effects.
What every physician needs to know about the universal blood test for cancer
A universal blood test for cancer may diagnose cancers earlier than current methods, potentially saving many lives.
A novel early detection blood test could soon change how cancer is found
(BPT) - Everyone has been touched by cancer in some way, whether it's a friend or family member facing a diagnosis, or their own worry about
New blood test could monitor how breast cancer spreads in multiple organs
‘The development of a blood test to continuously track how a patient’s cancer is changing and responding to treatment is an exciting step,’ says expert
Blood test could predict how well prostate cancer patients respond to treatment
A simple blood test could help to identify men with prostate cancer who are less likely to respond to treatment or more likely to relapse, research has suggested.
A Simple Blood Test Can Detect Cancer?
Someday soon getting a blood test to detect cancer could be part of your yearly physical.
Can a blood test detect cancers before symptoms start?
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was one test that could tell you if cancer is in your future? Well, this possibility may be closer than you think — using only a blood sample.
Can This Bra Detect Cancer?
That’s the claim for First Warning Systems new bra, equipped with a series of sensors embedded in the cups that pick up temperature changes in breast tissue and, says the Reno, Nev.-based company, provide a thermal fingerprint that can alert doctors to the presence of malignant cells
Is a breath test key to detecting cancer?
A clinical trial aims to find out if early cancer signs can be picked up in breath samples.
Cancer Update: Blood Test for Cancer?
We have blood test for various diseases and conditions… why not cancer? Read about it here.
Are we ready for a blood test for cancer?
What if screening for cancer was as easy as checking your cholesterol? That's the promise of techniques currently in development that may one day make it possible to detect the earliest stages of cancer with an annual blood draw.
Detecting Cancer Early, When It Can Be Cured
GRAIL aims to develop a blood test to detect cancer early before symptoms appear offering higher survival rates compared to late-stage diagnosis.
CRISPR helps find difficult to detect cancer cells
Immunotherapy is one of the latest and most effective armaments against various types of cancers. Some of the immunotherapy drugs such as PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda from Merck can block certain proteins in the cancer cells that can make the cells invisible to the immune system normally. Some of the cancers cells can now develop other ways to disguise themselves from being killed by the immune system.
