Switzerland-based Roche has introduced new Progastrin-releasing peptide (ProGRP) test, Elecsys ProGRP, for precise differentiation of small cell (SCLC) and non-small cell (NSCLC) lung cancer and diagnosis of early-stage SCLC. Used with ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Boehringer Ingelheim's tyrosine kinase inhibitor Gilotrif (afatinib) as a new medication for patients with late stage (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The approval also ...
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Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI), a cancer-care network in Washington, US, has acquired four Elekta's Versa HD systems. Versa HD is a radiation treatment system that is intended for cancer management and treat a wide range of tumors in ...
Roche Group member Genentech and Astellas Pharma US announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Tarceva (erlotinib). The tablets are used for the initial treatment of people with metastatic non-small cell lung ...
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Bruker Daltonics, a developer of mass spectrometers and sample preparation systems, has entered into a strategic alliance with molecular diagnostics company Biodesix. Under the partnership, Bruker will support Biodesix's multivariate ...
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Most people who go to Saint Peter's are probably familiar with hookah lounges. Adults, nineteen and over, can go to the lounges and mingle with others while smoking from hookahs. The lounges are typically smoked filled, as people smoke a ...
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What is a Carcinogen? A carcinogen is any substance that can directly cause cancer in living tissue. Radioactive substances are considered to be carcinogens, as well as none -radioactive carcinogens, which include tobacco smoke, dioxins, ...
IBM's Watson supercomputer has gone from game show king to doctor's office helper. You may recall the epic man vs. machine battle two years ago in which the supercomputer beat former champions on the show Jeopardy. Well, now there's a ...
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Over 80 per cent of patients with suspected cancer are being referred to their GP in the first two consultations. This is according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer, which also found that more than half of those sent ...
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MolecularMD has obtained an exclusive license to LKB1 for diagnostic, prognostic and predictive uses in non-small cell lung cancer patients. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of North ...
Epic Sciences, a developer of diagnostic tests, has received a Phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) contract from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of a lung ...
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have announced a Phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) contract to Epic Sciences for the development of a lung cancer diagnostic blood test. The ...
Sanovas has filed Vas Zeppelin Smart Catheter's application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval. The miniaturized interventional catheter, which the company claims is the smallest interventional catheters ...
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Believing that radon is only a problem in some parts of the country is just one of the myths surrounding the radioactive gas that's responsible for 21,000 lung cancer deaths a year. Elevated radon levels have been found in one in 15 homes ...
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Cancer patients in the north-east of England will be able to receive modern radiosurgery treatments without having to travel outside the region since the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) in Newcastle –upon-Tyne announced that it ...
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