Blood Test Detects Early Ovarian Cancer
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NEW YORK  - Ovarian cancer is much more  curable if detected early, but the disease doesn't usually  produce symptoms until it is advanced and current blood tests  are not very sensitive in picking it up. A new test may improve  the situation, researchers have shown.
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Women with early-stage breast cancer may soon get another gene test to help predict whether they are likely to have a recurrence in five to 10 years, information that could influence how aggressively the initial tumor is treated.
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U.S. health officials approved a genetic test on Tuesday that can give women with early breast cancer an estimate of whether the disease is likely to return in five to 10 years.
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BEIJING, Aug.20(Xinhuanet) -- Scientists say the effectiveness of therapy for advanced breast cancer can be quickly predicted by an analysis of the level of cancer cells in the patient&#39;s blood.
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A new technology that counts cancer  cells in the blood helps predict the success of breast cancer  treatments more quickly and more reliably than established  methods, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Scientists say the effectiveness of therapy for advanced breast cancer can be quickly predicted by an analysis of the level of cancer cells in the patient&#39;s blood.
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A new test can detect kidney disease triggered by inflammation of the blood vessels before symptoms become apparent.
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The effectiveness of therapy for advanced breast cancer can be rapidly predicted by an analysis of the level of cancer cells in the patient's blood, according to a study.
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Ovarian cancer is much more curable if detected early, but the disease doesn't usually produce symptoms until it is advanced and current blood tests are not very sensitive in picking it up. A new test may improve the situation, researchers have shown.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have zeroed in on a biomarker that could detect colorectal cancer in its earliest stages in a simpler, less invasive and more accurate way than existing blood tests.
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A simple test to measure tumor cells circulating in the blood could make it easier to tell which breast cancer patients are at greatest risk of their cancer returning after treatment, a German researcher said on Monday.
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A technique for identifying early liver damage could help improve detection of the deadly condition cirrhosis.
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For the first time, cancer experts are advising women of certain symptoms that might alert them to ovarian cancer, a disease that is hard to spot early and one of the deadliest cancers.
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NEW YORK  - A new study suggests that ovarian cancer screening with a technique called transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) may catch ovarian cancer early, at a more curable stage.
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SUNDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Ovarian cancer has long had a reputation as a silent killer, because many people believed it gave no warning signs until far advanced.
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U.S. health officials approved a genetic test on Tuesday that can provide women with early breast cancer an estimate of whether the disease is likely to return in five to 10 years.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- French researchers have identified two new ways that blood platelets help breast and ovarian cancer spread to bones.