Tag: Kidney cancer

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    A new test method

    A novel liquid biopsy method can detect kidney cancers with high accuracy, including small, localized tumors which are often curable but for which no early detection method exists.

    test tubes.
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    Targeted drug shows promise in advanced kidney cancer

    Harvard researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a novel targeted drug that shows promise in advanced kidney cancer by interfering with the abnormal blood vessel formation that fuels tumor growth.

    Micrograph of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
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    Increasing risk for melanoma

    A major international study has identified a novel gene mutation that appears to increase the risk of both inherited and sporadic cases of malignant melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer.