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Robot-assisted technique improves surgeons’ ability to remove small kidney cancer tumors

By Guest PostSeptember 26, 2014Healthamericans, blatt, christiane nuesslein volhard, ct scan, disney world, european urology, jim hu, kidney cancer, marja timmermans, muster, nanomagnete, pablo escobar, patricia hernandez, remove, zellkommunikation

UCLA-led study also finds that the approach may shorten surgeries, which could reduce risk of complications

Roughly 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with kidney cancer each year. Most of them have small tumors that doctors discover while screening for other health problems. (more…)

Cancer Genes Differ in Different Parts of a Tumour

By Guest PostMarch 17, 2012Health, Sciencebiomarkers, biopsies, biopsy, cancer cell, cancer treatment, charles swanton, gene faults, genetic fault, genetic landscape, genetic variation, genome, genome sequencing technology, james larkin, kidney cancer, kidney tumours, lesley walker, molecular change, mutation, primary tumour, subtype, theory, tree of life, tumour, ubiquitous mutations

Taking a sample from just one part of a tumour may not give a full picture of its‘genetic landscape’, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The findings could help explain why attempts at using single biopsies to identify biomarkers to which personalised cancer treatments can be targeted have not been more successful. (more…)