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Challenges In Screening For Ovarian Cancer: Why There Is No Reliable Early Detection Test Yet
On World Ovarian Cancer Day 2026, experts explain why ovarian cancer remains difficult to detect early. Silent symptoms, lack of reliable biomarkers and limits of current tests continue to challenge screening and timely diagnosis.
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Is Your Gut DNA The Key To Beating Cancer? New 'Fingerprint' Study Shows 94% Accuracy In Predicting Recurrence
A new study has found that your gut DNA holds the key to reducing the melanoma cancer rate. Here is why it matters and why its 94% accuracy rate shows promise.
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Oncologists Explain Why They Prescribe Keytruda To Cancer Patients, When And How It Works
Keytruda is approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for multiple cancer types. As of recent approvals, it covers 14 indications across eight tumour types.
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US Scientists Develop Simple 4-Marker Blood Test To Detect Pancreatic Cancer Early
A new US study has identified a simple four-marker blood test that can detect pancreatic cancer with high accuracy, including in early stages. The breakthrough could improve survival by enabling timely diagnosis of this aggressive cancer.
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Period Blood May Hold Clues To Early Risks Of Diabetes, Cancer: Study
There have been recent studies which reveal how period blood can be a valuable source for early detection of serious health risks like diabetes and cancer. Menstrual blood offers a non-invasive way to monitor women's health.
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Can Doing A Biopsy Spread Cancer? Expert Busts The Biggest Myth That Leads To Cancer Diagnosis Delays
The fear that a biopsy can spread cancer continues to delay diagnosis and treatment. Oncologists explain why biopsy is safe, irreplaceable and often life-saving, and why believing this myth can cost lives.
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This Blood Test Accurately Detects Fatal Brain Cancers In 60 Minutes
A new blood test developed by scientists can detect glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer, in just 60 minutes using a small blood sample.
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Indian-Origin Professor Awarded $6.5 Million To Improve Cancer Diagnosis
The US National Cancer Institute has give the "Outstanding Investigator Award" to Professor Arul Chinnaiyan, from the University of Michigan, and $6.5 million in funding over seven years, to identify cancer biomarkers to improve diagnosis and develop new targeted therapies.
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Protein That Can Stop Cancer Identified
The researchers believe that detection of the anti-cancer protein LHPP as a biomarker may allow clinicians to provide better treatment options.
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Lung Cancer Drug Trials Made More Successful
By mimicking the complexity of human tumors with a research tool, the scientists were able to identify a "biomarker" which could serve as an indication as to which patients would better respond to certain drugs, Xinhua news agency reported.
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New Technology To Detect Skin Cancer Early
An automated technology has been developed by researchers that combine imaging with digital analysis and machine learning to help physicians detect melanoma at its early stages.
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New Portable Smartphone Lab Can Accurately Detect Cancer
Scientists have developed a new low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that can analyse several samples at once to catch a cancer biomarker with 99 per cent accuracy, producing lab quality results.
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Here Comes A Smartphone Laboratory That Can Detect Cancer
In a major step towards faster and convenient delivery of medical tests, Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that can analyse several samples at once to catch a cancer biomarker, producing lab quality results.
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Unknown Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke May Cause Early Death
US researchers have identified a new biomarker which revealed that known and unknown exposure to second-hand smoke may lead to an increased risk of mortality in non-smokers.
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Precision Medicine Can Widen Cancer Care Options: Study
Using a patient's individual tumor biomarkers to determine the best treatment can improve success rates, studies showed on Saturday.
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Challenges In Screening For Ovarian Cancer: Why There Is No Reliable Early Detection Test Yet
On World Ovarian Cancer Day 2026, experts explain why ovarian cancer remains difficult to detect early. Silent symptoms, lack of reliable biomarkers and limits of current tests continue to challenge screening and timely diagnosis.
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Is Your Gut DNA The Key To Beating Cancer? New 'Fingerprint' Study Shows 94% Accuracy In Predicting Recurrence
A new study has found that your gut DNA holds the key to reducing the melanoma cancer rate. Here is why it matters and why its 94% accuracy rate shows promise.
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Oncologists Explain Why They Prescribe Keytruda To Cancer Patients, When And How It Works
Keytruda is approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for multiple cancer types. As of recent approvals, it covers 14 indications across eight tumour types.
-
US Scientists Develop Simple 4-Marker Blood Test To Detect Pancreatic Cancer Early
A new US study has identified a simple four-marker blood test that can detect pancreatic cancer with high accuracy, including in early stages. The breakthrough could improve survival by enabling timely diagnosis of this aggressive cancer.
-
Period Blood May Hold Clues To Early Risks Of Diabetes, Cancer: Study
There have been recent studies which reveal how period blood can be a valuable source for early detection of serious health risks like diabetes and cancer. Menstrual blood offers a non-invasive way to monitor women's health.
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Can Doing A Biopsy Spread Cancer? Expert Busts The Biggest Myth That Leads To Cancer Diagnosis Delays
The fear that a biopsy can spread cancer continues to delay diagnosis and treatment. Oncologists explain why biopsy is safe, irreplaceable and often life-saving, and why believing this myth can cost lives.
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This Blood Test Accurately Detects Fatal Brain Cancers In 60 Minutes
A new blood test developed by scientists can detect glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer, in just 60 minutes using a small blood sample.
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Indian-Origin Professor Awarded $6.5 Million To Improve Cancer Diagnosis
The US National Cancer Institute has give the "Outstanding Investigator Award" to Professor Arul Chinnaiyan, from the University of Michigan, and $6.5 million in funding over seven years, to identify cancer biomarkers to improve diagnosis and develop new targeted therapies.
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Protein That Can Stop Cancer Identified
The researchers believe that detection of the anti-cancer protein LHPP as a biomarker may allow clinicians to provide better treatment options.
-
Lung Cancer Drug Trials Made More Successful
By mimicking the complexity of human tumors with a research tool, the scientists were able to identify a "biomarker" which could serve as an indication as to which patients would better respond to certain drugs, Xinhua news agency reported.
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New Technology To Detect Skin Cancer Early
An automated technology has been developed by researchers that combine imaging with digital analysis and machine learning to help physicians detect melanoma at its early stages.
-
New Portable Smartphone Lab Can Accurately Detect Cancer
Scientists have developed a new low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that can analyse several samples at once to catch a cancer biomarker with 99 per cent accuracy, producing lab quality results.
-
Here Comes A Smartphone Laboratory That Can Detect Cancer
In a major step towards faster and convenient delivery of medical tests, Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that can analyse several samples at once to catch a cancer biomarker, producing lab quality results.
-
Unknown Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke May Cause Early Death
US researchers have identified a new biomarker which revealed that known and unknown exposure to second-hand smoke may lead to an increased risk of mortality in non-smokers.
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Precision Medicine Can Widen Cancer Care Options: Study
Using a patient's individual tumor biomarkers to determine the best treatment can improve success rates, studies showed on Saturday.
