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Can Liquid Biopsy Replace Cancer Screening?

Can Liquid Biopsy Replace Cancer Screening?

Not yet and probably not for a while. Liquid biopsy is one of the more genuinely exciting things happening in oncology right now, moving faster than a lot of other areas of research, but it hasn’t reached the point where it can stand in for a mammogram, a...
Can Obesity Increase Cancer Risk in Survivors?

Can Obesity Increase Cancer Risk in Survivors?

Yes, and this one has more evidence behind it than most people expect. Obesity raises the odds of a new cancer developing after treatment, and for a lot of cancer types, it raises the odds of the original one coming back too. It’s not a minor lifestyle footnote...
Can You Survive HER2-Positive Breast Cancer?

Can You Survive HER2-Positive Breast Cancer?

Yes and the survival rates for HER2-positive breast cancer have improved more dramatically over the last 25 years than almost any other solid tumour type. That’s not optimism. It’s what happened when trastuzumab arrived and changed the biology of the...