Tag: Matthew R. Smith

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    Microchip-based device can detect rare tumor cells in bloodstream

    A team of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) BioMicroElectroMechanical Systems (BioMEMS) Resource Center and the MGH Cancer Center has developed a microchip-based device that can isolate, enumerate and analyze circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from a blood sample. CTCs are viable cells from solid tumors carried in the bloodstream at a level of one…

    4–5 minutes
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    Prostate cancer treatment increases risk of diabetes, heart disease

    A treatment mainstay for prostate cancer puts men at increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a large observational study published in the Sept. 20, 2006, Journal of Clinical Oncology. “Men with prostate cancer have high five-year survival rates, but they also have higher rates of non-cancer mortality than healthy men,” says study…

    2–3 minutes