Search Tag: metastasis

2021 17 May

New research published in the journal Nature describes an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that could improve the diagnosis for patients with complex metastatic cancer. In 1 to 2 percent of these cases, the primary site of tumour origin cannot be determined, and patients often have to undergo extensive diagnostic procedures, which can delay treatment....Read more

2015 25 May

A new, highly sensitive ultrasound-guided technique can noninvasively identify metastatic cells in lymph nodes, providing a rapid tool for detecting cancer’s spread at its earliest stages, which is critical for timely treatment. The technology, developed at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, is reported...Read more

2015 08 Feb

In the recent issue of the journal Oncotarget, Ralph Weichselbaum, chairman of radiation oncology and co-director of the Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research at the University of Chicago, and his colleges present a glimpse of oligometastasis.   Oligometastasis refers to a stage of cancer in which a primary tumour has spawned only a few localised...Read more