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New Microdevice Captures Rare Cancer Cells

By Gregory MoneMar 31st 2010 – 2:34PM
Massachusetts General Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital

(March 31) -- Cancer patients could soon benefit from a new screening device that can pick out and analyze rare tumor cells from standard blood samples, according to a report today in Science Translational Medicine. The device, which is the size of a business card, could be an alternative to surgery, offering a noninvasive...

My Cancer Scare, Thanks to a Mammogram

By Andrea StoneNov 17th 2009 – 5:23PM

WASHINGTON (Nov. 17) -- Now they tell me. It took doctors and scientists on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force seven years to reverse their recommendation that women have mammograms every one or two years once they turn 40, saying the tests triggered too many false alarms. But I already knew that they can do more...

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Background on Cancer screening

Cancer screening aims to detect cancer before symptoms appear. This may involve blood tests, urine tests, other tests, or medical imaging.

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