The investigational drug darolutamide can help delay the spread of prostate cancer to other parts of the body in men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant disease, according to results from a large clinical trial. In addition, the drug appears […]
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More Treatment Options Emerging for Some Men with Metastatic Prostate Cancer
The treatment landscape for metastatic prostate cancer is shifting and expanding yet again, according to new findings from two large clinical trials presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Society […]
Study quantifies impact of NCI-sponsored trials on clinical cancer care
A new study shows that nearly half of phase 3 cancer clinical trials carried out by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-sponsored SWOG Cancer Research Network, one of five groups in NCI’s National […]
Nanostics: Advanced Machine Learning to Detect Prostate Cancer
Nanostics Inc. is a medical device and biotechnology company based in Alberta, Canada. They are focused on developing a highly accurate test to predict clinically significant prostate cancer. Their core technology, ClarityDX, […]
Genetic Cues to Ovarian Cancer Explored
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, highlighting a disease that kills nearly 15,000 women annually out of the 21,000 diagnosed. Relatively uncommon as cancers go, ovarian cancer nevertheless causes the most deaths […]
Breakthrough: Single-Cell Sequencing
Genomics, the branch of molecular biology concerned with the structure, function, evolution, and mapping of an individual’s genes, is already revolutionizing the way medicine treats cancer. Like many sciences, genomics has “niches;” single-cell genomics […]
Minomic: an Upgrade to Traditional PSA Level Testing
Minomic, a Sydney-based diagnostic company, has developed an in vitro diagnostic test for the early detection of prostate cancer. Their product, MiCheck®, is a blood test that uses their patented monoclonal antibody […]
New Combination Therapy Improves Pancreatic Cancer Survival
A new combination of two standing drugs and radiation therapy has the potential to revolutionize the treatment and care of pancreatic cancer, one of the most lethal diagnoses an oncologist can face […]