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Tracking Cancer DNA

Posted on December 19, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Genetics, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: Can we find out where a cancer is growing using a blood test? Elizabeth Tracey reports Using machine learning and analysis of mutations in DNA circulating in the blood of patients with cancer, a new study demonstrates the …

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CRISPR and Cancer

Posted on December 18, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Genetics, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: The gene editing technology CRISPR is being used to treat cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports CRISPR is an acronym for technology that enables genetic material to be edited, and it’s been in the news for modifying embryos to delete …

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Genes and Breast Cancer

Posted on November 26, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Genetics, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: How often are women with breast cancer offered genetic testing? Elizabeth Tracey reports Only about a third of women with breast cancer were offered genetic screening, a recent study found, but such testing is cost effective. William Nelson, …

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Ovarian Tx Improvement

Posted on November 25, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: A combination therapy improves survival for ovarian cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Ovarian cancer survival is improved using a combination treatment developed in a partnership between two pharmaceutical giants, their recent study showed. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel …

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Diet and Leukemia

Posted on November 1, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Diet, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: Could a diet help people with one type of leukemia control the disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports One type of leukemia may respond to reducing the amount of serine, an amino acid, in the diet, research by Brian Dalton, …

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September 2, 2019 – Liver Cancer and Statins

Posted on August 29, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: Some statins seem to reduce the risk of liver cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Statin medications that dissolve easily in fats may lower the chance that people who are at risk for liver cancer develop the disease, a recent …

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August 16, 2019 – Pancreatic Cysts

Posted on August 20, 2019 Posted in All Podcasts, Cancer, Health Newsfeed

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Anchor lead: Can a new method of assessing cysts in the pancreas help identify cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Cancer of the pancreas is deadly, with limited ways to catch the disease early. Now a new test integrating a number of …

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Category: Cancer

Tracking Cancer DNA

CRISPR and Cancer

Genes and Breast Cancer

Ovarian Tx Improvement

Diet and Leukemia

September 2, 2019 – Liver Cancer and Statins

August 16, 2019 – Pancreatic Cysts