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Pathology

Image: The BD LSRFortessa flow cytometer cell analyzer (Photo courtesy of Becton Dickinson).

Tumor Markers Reveal Lethality of Bladder Cancers

Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer-related death among men in the USA and more than 75,000 new cases will be diagnosed this year and more than 16,000 people will die from this disease. More...
17 Nov 2016
Image: A histopathology of prostate cancer showing multiple poorly formed glands with ill-defined lumina and/or incomplete nuclear complement (Photo courtesy of European Urology).

Identification of Gene Defects Helps Prostate Cancer Treatment

The current method of treating prostate cancer involves identifying gene defects, which could help with the diagnosis of cancer and the development of individualized cancer treatments for patients. More...
16 Nov 2016

Vitamin D Deficiency Predicts Poor Prognosis for IgA Nephropathy

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN), also known as Berger’s disease is the most common form of glomerulonephritis worldwide, especially in Asia, and represents one of the main causes of the end-stage renal diseases (ESRD). More...
15 Nov 2016
Image: Photomicrographs of a) Lymphocytes, b) Normal epithelial nuclei, c) Cancerous epithelial nuclei, and d) Mitotic nuclei (Photo courtesy of Trinity College Dublin).

Images Identified for Breast Cancer Cell Histopathology

Breast cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer for women worldwide. Current breast cancer clinical practice and treatment mainly relies on the evaluation of the disease's prognosis using the Bloom-Richardson grading system. More...
11 Nov 2016
Image: A blood film from a patient with bladder cancer showing increased number of neutrophils and band cells (Photo courtesy of MPH).

Reliability Reevaluated for Bladder Cancer Test Prognosis

A blood test that had shown promise in predicting how cancer will progress and what treatments will be most effective for a given patient may not be reliable for either, as results from previous studies are threatened by methodological limitations. More...
08 Nov 2016
Image: The Cholestech LDX analyzer for POC lipid testing (Photo courtesy of Alere).

Early Childhood Screening Helps Prevent Heart Attacks

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disorder characterized by high cholesterol levels and is the main inherited cause of early heart disease and without preventive medication young FH adults has about a 10-fold increased risk of a heart attack before the age of 40. More...
08 Nov 2016
Image: A thin preparation pap smear with group of normal cervical cells on left and HPV-infected cells showing features typical of koilocytes: enlarged nuclei and hyperchromasia (Photo courtesy of Ed Uthman, MD).

Cervical Cancer Screening Could Become Less Frequent

Less-intensive screening is needed among women who have been vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer, because the risk of these women developing cervical cancer is quite low. More...
04 Nov 2016
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