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Residents of Puerto Rico Reminded of Airborne Carcinogens during Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Today is the last day of Lung Cancer Awareness Month. It is an important reminder of this deadly disease, although many people in Puerto Rico are exposed to respirable carcinogens and irritants all year long. Sadly, many people do not know they have developed lung cancer until the late stages of the condition when treatment choices are limited. In the United States alone, the American Cancer ...
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ELIAS Animal Health Announces First Patient Enrolled in Clinical Trial for ECI™ for the Treatment of Canine B-Cell Lymphoma
ELIAS Animal Health, a clinical stage development company advancing novel treatments for cancer in companion animals, today announced the initiation of a clinical trial to determine the safety and efficacy of ELIAS Cancer Immunotherapy (ECI™), as a treatment for B-cell lymphoma in dogs. The majority of canine lymphomas are derived from B cells. While lymphoma is one of the most responsive ...
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Campaign launched to reduce cancers due to pesticide exposure
Two health and environment groups have come together to launch a campaign to prevent cancers that are associated with exposure to pesticides. It will be known as the Pesticides and Cancer Campaign. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) based in Brussels and the Mouvement pour le Droit et le Respect des Générations Futures in Paris believe that stricter regulation on the use of herbicides, ...
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Additional Research Published In Radiology Demonstrates Application Of Ground-Breaking Breast Cancer Diagnostic Technology
An article recently published in Radiology highlights the groundbreaking use of a new imaging technology introduced by Seno Medical Instruments, Inc.® (Seno Medical) to diagnose breast cancer. The technology may offer physicians a new, non-invasive tool to not only better differentiate between benign and malignant breast cancers, but may also help differentiate between breast cancer molecular ...
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‘Don’t Fry Day’ promotes skin cancer prevention; EPA urges everyone to be smart in the sun [NJ Edition]
As millions of families prepare to enjoy the great outdoors this weekend, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reminds everyone to bring their hats, sunglasses and sunscreen, and seek shade. The number one preventable risk factor for skin cancer is overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, whether from the sun or artificial sources of light. To educate the public about how to prevent ...
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ABIH® Advocates Respirable Hazard Recognition during Lung Cancer Awareness Month
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. In the United States and many parts of the world, more people die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. It is also the second most commonly diagnosed form of cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be more than 221,000 new cases of lung cancer diagnosed in the United States this year and over 158,000 deaths. Tragically, ...
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Koning Republic Campaign Reaches New Milestones
Atlanta, GA: A month into Koning’s Republic fundraising campaign, the company has already passed a quarter of a million dollars of investments from 740 investors. “We’re proud of the progress we’ve made on the campaign so far and we’re confident that this positive trajectory will continue”, says Koning’s US CEO, Lutao Ning. “It goes to show how ...
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It’s World Lung Cancer Day
August 1 marks World Lung Cancer Day -- a time to raise awareness of the need for increased lung cancer research and innovation. Anyone can get lung cancer. Here are the facts you need to know: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide More patients die every year from lung cancer than from prostate, breast, and colon cancer combined The lung cancer five-year survival rate ...
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Aurora Technology and Healthcare Global Holdings enters the 2nd most populous continent through a collaboration with the Federal Republic of Nigeria to transform breast cancer care in Africa
Aurora Technology and Healthcare Global Holdings enters the 2nd most populous continent through a collaboration with the Federal Republic of Nigeria to transform breast cancer care in Africa New York, Abuja, Boston: Representatives of the Nigerian government and Aurora Technology and Healthcare Global Holding Corp. (Aurora) are jointly announcing the signing of a landmark collaboration ...
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National Cancer Prevention Month in Puerto Rico and Resources to Protect Workers and Building Occupants from Carcinogens
While cancer mortality has gradually declined over the past several decades in Puerto Rico, there are still more than 10,000 new cases of cancer and over 5,000 deaths each year on the islands. Nationwide, the National Cancer Institute estimates there were over 1,918,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed in 2022 and more than 609,000 people died from cancer that year alone. There are over 100 types ...
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Precision Diagnostic of Cancer Therapies with Dr. Chorom Pak LynxBio
Dr. Chorom Pak, President and CEO, LynxBio was a finalist in the John G. Watson Quick Pitch Competition presented by the Tech Coast Angels and the San Diego Venture Group. She talks about using an advanced approach to diagnosing cancer by using a standard-of-care biopsy to create a living model of a patient's cancer, including the patient's own microenvironment, to rapidly identify effective ...
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The Lancet Oncology: 66% of diagnostic biopsies for common skin cancer can be avoided using Michelson Diagnostics’ VivoSight OCT laser scanner
A major study published in leading cancer journal, The Lancet Oncology1 have ground-breaking findings on Michelson Diagnostics, the UK based medical device company that use multi-beam Optical Coherence Tomography (‘OCT’) technology, which can transform patient’s treatment and care of basal cell carcinomas (BCC). It was concluded that OCT-guided diagnosis, when compared to a ...
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Cadmium Is Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Risk
New research indicates that women with higher levels of cadmium in their diets are at a greater risk of developing breast cancer than those who consume less of the heavy metal, reports the LA Times. The study, conducted in Sweden, followed approximately 56,000 women for over 12 years to record their diets and breast cancer diagnoses. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has classified ...
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GRAIL Announces Partnership with Alignment Health Plan as First Medicare Advantage Plan to Offer Galleri® Multi-Cancer Early Detection Blood Test
GRAIL, LLC, a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, announced today a partnership with Alignment Health Plan, a national Medicare Advantage health plan from Alignment Healthcare (NASDAQ: ALHC), to provide its Medicare Advantage members access to Galleri®, GRAIL’s groundbreaking multi-cancer early detection blood test. Based in Orange, ...
By Grail, Inc.
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OncoDNA provides strategic support in Radiomics` prospective clinical trial SALMON
THE TWO BELGIAN COMPANIES WILL WORK TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER BIOLOGY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE TUMORS USING AI TECHNOLOGY Radiomics and OncoDNA are pleased to announce that they have entered into a strategic agreement, combining Radiomics’ next-generation AI-based technology to extract quantitative information embedded in medical images with ...
By OncoDNA S.A.
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Dako Collaborates on Review of Immunohistochemistry`s Impact on Prostate Diagnostics
Dako, an Agilent Technologies company and worldwide provider of cancer diagnostics, today announced the release of a new review paper titled "Immunohistochemistry in Prostate Pathology" that illustrates the significant impact immunohistochemistry (IHC) can have on diagnostic prostate pathology. The paper is co-authored by two leading global experts in prostate pathology: Glen Kristiansen, M.D., ...
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Koning Goes Live on Investment Platform, Revere
Koning’s Series C fundraise is now available to accredited investors via a leading tech investment website, Revere Atlanta, GA: Koning Corporation is now live on the investment platform, Revere, which specializes in raising funds for scalable, high-value technology companies. “We’re excited to bring this opportunity to investors who believe, like we do, in the ...
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EPA asks louisiana residents to fight #1 cancer in U.S. with “don’t fry day” (Friday, May 27)
Every hour, one American dies from skin cancer – the number one cancer in the U.S. To help people learn easy ways to combat the disease, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SunWise program has partnered with the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention to designate the Friday before Memorial Day (May 27) as “Don’t Fry Day.” EPA encourages Louisiana residents to ...
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ABK Biomedical Announces First Patient Treated in First-in-Human Clinical Study with Eye90 microspheres™ for treatment of liver tumors
ABK Biomedical, Inc., an innovative, clinical-stage medical device company dedicated to the research, development and commercialization of advanced imageable embolic therapies, announced the first patient treated in ABK’s First-in-Human study with Eye90 microspheres™, a Y90 radioembolization device for the treatment of liver cancers. This study is being conducted in collaboration ...
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EPA asks arkansas residents to fight #1 cancer in U.S. with “don’t fry day” (Friday, May 27)
Every hour, one American dies from skin cancer – the number one cancer in the U.S. To help people learn easy ways to combat the disease, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SunWise program has partnered with the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention to designate the Friday before Memorial Day (May 27) as “Don’t Fry Day.” EPA encourages Arkansas residents to ...
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