WHO outlines steps to save 7 million lives from cancer
4 February 2020 News release Geneva, Switzerland The World Health Organization (WHO) today spells out the need to step up cancer services in low and middle-income countries. WHO warns that, if current trends continue, the world will see a 60% increase in cancer cases over the next two decades. The greatest increase (an estimated 81%) in new […]
BIOMARK’S LIQUID BIOPSY SCIENTIFIC PAPER TO BE FEATURED AS COVER ON CANCERS UPCOMING ISSUE
Vancouver, British Columbia – (August 19th, 2019) – BioMark Diagnostics Inc. (“BioMark”) (CSE: BUX) (FSE: 20B) (OTCMKTS: BMKDF) is pleased to announce that the article “Liquid Biopsy in Lung Cancer Screening: The Contribution of Metabolomics. Results of A Pilot Study” will be on cover of Cancers. Rashid Ahmed, President and CEO, says, “This latest paper […]
National research team targets glioblastoma
MAY 31, 2019 — Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumour in adults and is characterized by its infiltrative and often fatal progression. The strikingly poor survival for patients with GBM of 14-16 months following diagnosis is due in part to limited early detection methods and an absence of effective treatment options. Funding […]
BIOMARK’S ABSTRACT FOR 2019 ASCO ONLINE PUBLICATION
Follow-up evaluation of outliers with elevated spermine-spermidine acetyltransferase-1 activity. Sub-category: Circulating Biomarkers Category: Developmental Therapeutics and Tumor Biology (Nonimmuno) Meeting: 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting Abstract No: e14536 Citation: J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr e14536) Author(s): Andrew W. Maksymiuk, Paramjit S. Tappia, Bram Ramjiawan, Nazrina Khatun, Rahnuma Parveen, Rashiduzzaman Ahmed, Gina Huang, Rashid Bux Ahmed, […]
Cancer risk in families
If you have family members with cancer, you may wonder if you are at risk of developing it too (if it “runs in the family”). Sometimes a gene mutation that can cause cancer is passed on to you by your parents (inherited). Cancers caused by inherited gene mutations are called inherited cancers. And sometimes cancer […]
About Glioblastoma (GBM)
Overview Tumour Group: Gliomas WHO Grade: Grade IV Prevalence/Incidence: The incidence of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is 2 to 3 per 100,000 people in the United States and Europe. GBM accounts for 12 to 15% of all intracranial tumours and 50 to 60 per cent of astrocytic tumours. GBMs increase in frequency with age, and affect […]
Lung Cancer Screening in Real World Has High False-Positive Rate
By Kelly YoungEdited by: David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD A pair of studies in JAMA Internal Medicine illustrate the difficulties of implementing lung cancer screening. In the first, eight Veterans Health Administration medical centers identified and screened patients using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT). Over 2100 patients who were eligible for screening based […]
Opportunities and challenges for lung cancer screening in China
Chuanli Ren, Chongxu Han Abstract China accounts for nearly half of the incidence and mortality of lung cancer in the world. Furthermore, trends in lung cancer in China are increasing younger in age and the situation is deteriorating. As a whole although screening for early lung cancer may cause a small fraction of overdiagnosis and anxiety of […]
AI early diagnosis could save heart and cancer patients
AI early diagnosis could save heart and cancer patients By Pallab GhoshScience correspondent, BBC News2 January 2018 Original Article: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42357257 Researchers at an Oxford hospital have developed artificial intelligence (AI) that can diagnose scans for heart disease and lung cancer. The systems will save billions of pounds by enabling the diseases to be picked up much earlier. The heart disease […]
A supramolecular indicator displacement assay for acetyl amantadine
A supramolecular indicator displacement assay for acetyl amantadine, a proxy biomarker for spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase (SSAT) activity Introduction Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide.1 The number of new cancer cases is expected to increase 40% in the next 15 years in Canada due to an aging and growing population.2 Lung cancer is the most […]
