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UrduA new pathology tool created at Yale harnesses barcode technology and shows potential for use in cancer diagnoses. The technology, Patho-DBiT (pathology-compatible deterministic barcoding in tissue), was discussed in a new study that published Sept. 30 in the journal Cell. Co-corresponding author Dr. Mina Xu, a Yale Cancer Center (YCC) member, professor of pathology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), and the YSM director of hematopathology, shared her enthusiasm for the new tool.
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Virginia Tech researchers join together on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment
May is a month to recognize the importance of cancer research, with both Brain Tumor Awareness Month and National Cancer Research Month taking center stage. Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC is dedicated to advancing our understanding of cancer and developing new ways to treat and prevent it. Teams of investigators are working to uncover the molecular mechanisms that drive cancer growth, migration, and metastasis.
Study: Cancer database’s cases drop 14% in pandemic’s first year, indicating 200,000 ‘missing cases’
A study, based on reported cases of new cancer diagnosis to the National Cancer Database (NCDB), estimates roughly 200,000 people with cancer cases weren’t diagnosed or treated at Commission on Cancer-accredited facilities at the onset of the pandemic in 2020, around the same time that triage guidelines recommended delays in cancer-related care.