BEIJING, 4 February (BelTA - China Daily) - A Chinese research team has developed the world's first blood-based diagnostic kit that can tell whether lung nodules are benign or cancerous, including ...

Pulmonologist and advanced bronchoscopist Dr. Eric Swanson points to a lung nodule — which was detected by the Noah Medical Galaxy System at Essentia Health — on a monitor on Thursday, Jan. 29.

For years, scientists have viewed cancer as a localized glitch in which cells refuse to stop dividing. But a new study suggests that, in certain organs, tumors actively communicate with the brain to ...

Researchers have developed a highly sensitive light-based sensor that can detect extremely low concentrations of cancer biomarkers in the blood. The new technology could one day make it possible to ...

Edith Parker, dean of the University of Iowa's College of Public Health, talks about the early results of University of Iowa research into Iowa's high cancer rates during a press conference at the ...

Cancer is often difficult to detect in its early stages. Biomarkers that can reveal the disease are present only in very small amounts in the blood. As a result, many tests today require additional ...

Liquid biopsy encompasses a variety of molecular approaches to detect circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and has become a powerful tool in the diagnosis and treatment of solid tumors. Current applications ...

This story was updated because an earlier version included inaccuracies. People who live in Urbandale's ZIP code 50323 have a breast cancer rate more than two times higher than Iowans who live in Fort ...

Katie Palmer covers telehealth, clinical artificial intelligence, and the health data economy — with an emphasis on the impacts of digital health care for patients, providers, and businesses. You can ...