cancer detection

• B.C. to launch first lung cancer screening program in Canada

  British Columbia will soon be home to the first lung cancer early detection screening program in the country.

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  Sep 14, 2020
  
• Cancer patient and research advocate has high hopes for N.B. lung cancer detection prototypes

  Picomole Inc. recently received $818,000 from the federal government to build more of its breath-sampling, lung cancer-detecting devices.

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  Feb 27, 2019
  
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• A simple blood test could someday detect cancer. But there’s a catch

  Liquid biopsy tests could someday help people detect cancer at an early stage. But treatment needs to be available too.

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  Nov 25, 2018
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• Cancer to kill nearly 10 million people worldwide in 2018: WHO

  Cancer deaths are rising worldwide as populations grow and age.

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  Sep 14, 2018
• Can this breath test tell if you have cancer or one of 16 other diseases?

  The "NaNose" device can in the figurative sense, "smell" certain kinds of diseases a patient may have from their breath, researchers say.

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  Feb 9, 2017
• Detecting cancer before you ever get ill: BC Cancer Agency’s study hopes for paradigm shift

  Detecting cancer before you ever get ill is a scientific breakthrough researchers around the world have been working toward for decades, but a new experimental study by the BC Cancer Agency may help make it a reality.

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  Oct 18, 2016