Screening programmes for various cancers have seen great advances in the past decade but over-detection remains a problem. New, more specific tests and technology such as AI and multimodal approaches show great promise for further reducing the error rate (and the resulting stress on patients). Enjoy browsing!
Article • Over-detection and biopsies
New procedures for prostate cancer screening
Organised screening enabling early detection and treatment of prostate cancer can reduce death by an impressive 20%, based on 16 years of findings of over 160,000 men participating in the landmark European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate ...
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Article • Screening, early detection, treatment optimisationAI techniques advancing oncology careCancer care and the treatment clinicians can offer patients is being increasingly enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The technology has a role in diagnosis, with algorithms trained to design and deliver patient care, can match patients to ... |
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Sponsored • 12-lead resting ECGThe new CardioPart 12 WLAN – ECG innovation made in GermanyThe CardioPart 12 WLAN is a 12-lead resting ECG which fits into your pocket. Its compact design is equipped with a brilliant touch screen display, bar code reader and available on a 24/7 basis.
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Article • Mass spec, qPCR and moreNewborn screening: early detection – new diagnostic possibilitiesSince its introduction around 60 years ago, the screening of newborn babies for immune, hormone and metabolic disorders has prevented many people from experiencing severe disease progression. The scope of systematic early testing has been ... |
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News • Conducting diagnosticsDetecting breast cancer via electrical currents in the skinMammograms are a safe, effective way to detect the presence of breast cancer in women. But doctors recommend most females should start getting mammograms after the age of 40 in part because the procedure involves small doses of ionizing radiation. ... |
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News • Diagnostic advanceNew AI assisted device could soon replace traditional stethoscopeA stethoscope is one of a doctor's most important instruments, but there haven't been any fundamental improvements in the device itself since the 1960s. Now, researchers at Aalto University have developed a device that analyses a broad range of ... |
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Sponsored • Coronavirus antigen detectionAn innovative test for the early diagnosis of Covid-19Compared to previous SARS and MERS, SARS-CoV-2 became a pandemic due to the high infectivity and different mode of contagion. SARS-CoV-2 spreads more because it is contagious also before symptoms, during incubation phase. No tests to date have been ... |
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