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 […]
Stockhouse.com and BioMark Interview About Early Cancer Detection Podcast
Interview with BioMark CEO Rashid Ahmed about the importance of early cancer detection and details of how the BioMark technology works. [podcast_episode episode=”2159″ content=”title,excerpt,player”]
A Good Choice for MMJ and Biotech Market Opportunity
A Good Choice for MMJ and Biotech Market Opportunity Gaalen Engen, Stockhouse.com Original article: http://www.stockhouse.com/news/newswire/2016/03/03/a-good-choice-for-mmj-and-biotech-market-opportunity For almost fifty years, his was a trusted voice when it came to sports and news. Bill Good, following in the footsteps of his father, “Breathless Bill”, established himself as a national broadcasting icon over a long career which included […]
World Cancer Day – Message of Hope
World Cancer Day – Message of Hope
Dr James Bond on Biomark
Dr James Bond on Biomark
