To determine the type and severity of a cancer, pathologists typically analyze thin slices of a tumor biopsy under a microscope. But to figure out what genomic changes are driving the tumor's growth - ...

In a biopsy, a small sample of tissue is taken from your body. A pathologist analyzes the sample to check for cancer cells. The main method for diagnosing prostate cancer is a core needle biopsy. It’s ...

Daughter cells vary significantly after stress In addition to real-time measurements under the microscope, the researchers examined various endpoints, such as the strength of different stress signals ...

A new liquid biopsy developed by researchers at the University of Chicago is offering a powerful new window into cancer’s earliest stages by flagging subtle shifts in the gut microbiome. Unlike ...

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally, with nearly 20 million new cases and 9.7 million deaths in 2022. Early detection plays a crucial role in reducing cancer-related morbidity and ...

After progression and development of resistance, a repeat tumor tissue biopsy enables characterization of additional somatic tumor genomic changes, tumor histology and the quantification of protein ...

A research team in Japan has developed an efficient, minimally invasive cancer detection device that uses high-performance ...

After being described in 2018, researchers knew they had something interesting with T3p, a single small RNA found in breast cancer but absent from normal tissue. The molecule took the team on a ...

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a fast-growing cancer that forms in the lung. It's one of two types of lung cancer. The other type is non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). SCLC is less common than ...