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Improved drug delivery for solid tumors
A novel formulation paving the way for pancreatic cancer therapeutics Problem Pancreatic cancer therapeutics have a success rate of less than 8%. The solid nature of the tumor in pancreatic cancer renders the current standard of care, chemotherapy drugs, less effective. Unfortunately, the problem lies not with the drugs themselves, but with the drug...
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New MRI acquisition and post-processing technique for improved breast cancer diagnosis
New computational imaging platform can improve patient-specific characterization of breast cancerProblemClinicians rely on imaging to direct the path of treatment for breast cancer. The current standards for vascular imaging, MRI and CT, can miss valuable information. Fortunately, there has been a wave of technical progress with digital health technologies....
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Early detection of cancer from blood draw
Problem Eight million people die from cancer each year, and 90% of these deaths happen in cases where the cancer has spread throughout the body from the initial tumor site.1 In the early stages of cancer, tumor cells can shed from the primary mass and enter the bloodstream. Clinicians can glean important information about the tumor from these circulating...
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