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Using blood tests to look for cancer and cancer recurrence has been an area of active research for some time now, with a new study pointing to RNA rather than DNA for detection. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer …
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Most people should start screening for colorectal cancer at age 45, due to increasing rates of the disease in younger people. Now a new study examines the most effective way to get people to be screened. Kimmel Cancer Center director …
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Your microbiome, the host of organisms that live on and in you, are unique to you, with a new study showing that some types of bacteria and fungi may increase your risk for pancreas cancer. Kimmel Cancer Center director William …
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Certain bacteria resident on people’s bodies do confer an increased risk for pancreas cancer, a new study finds. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says assessing this type of risk requires analysis of bacteria resident …
