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Offline data augmentation can significantly enhance deep learning techniques, improving classification performance compared to models trained solely on original clinician skin images. | Image Credit: Alexander - stock.adobe.com

Optimized Deep Learning Model Classifies Smartphone Images of Malignant Skin Lesions

By AJMC Contributor

May 12th 2025

Across various classes, the researchers identified a model that, when coupled with appropriate data augmentation and optimization partner, may help aid in the detection of skin cancer.

With inconclusive treatment guidance and varying findings from clinical trials, the prognosis of transformed SCLC remains poor. | Image credit: Crystal Light - stock.adobe.com

Whole Exome Sequencing Identifies Distinct Profile of Transformed SCLC

By AJMC Contributor

May 12th 2025

The report suggests a TBS cutoff value of 3 will serve as a meaningful prognostic tool in HCC, but differences in patient populations and imaging techniques may affect the value of that cutoff, the authors noted. | Image credit: Jo Panuwat D - stock.adobe.com

HCC Tumor Burden Score Predicts Long-Term Outcomes Following MWA

By Jared Kaltwasser

May 7th 2025

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Tarlatamab Safety Varies Between Clinical and Real-World SCLC Trials

By Hayden E. Klein

May 6th 2025

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By Maggie L. Shaw

May 5th 2025

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May 15th 2014

Cheap and Easy-To-Use Diagnostic Tests to Detect Disease Biomarkers, Including Cancer

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

May 15th 2014

The Double Whammy of the Obesity Epidemic: Increased Susceptibility to Cancer

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

May 15th 2014

Fast Track for Prima Biomed's CVac Clinical Trial Development Program

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

May 14th 2014

The University of Chicago Cancer Center Awarded Nearly 4 Million by the NCI

University of Chicago's Comprehensive Cancer Center received $3.9 million from the NCI as the Lead Academic Participating Site for the new NCTN initiative.

May 14th 2014

MedImmune and Incyte Announce Immuno-Oncology Collaboration

MedImmune and Incyte are planning the initiation of a collaborative Phase I/II study to test the efficacy of MedImmune's PD-L1 inhibitor MEDI4736 with Incyte's oral indoleamine dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) inhibitor, INCB24360.

May 14th 2014

NICE Prevents Use of Zytiga Prior to Chemotherapy

Britain's healthcare cost-effectiveness agency, NICE, has recommended against using Zytiga in chemotherapy-naive prostate cancer patients.

May 13th 2014

Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status Determine Breast Cancer Susceptibility

A study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment identified increased incidence of triple negative breast cancer in black women compared to white women, while those with Asian heritage were found more susceptible to HER2-positive breast cancer.

May 12th 2014

Sequenta's MRD Detection Test Predicts Post-Transplant Relapse and Survival in ALL

Sequenta's ClonoSIGHT that uses next generation sequencing to detect minimal residual disease, provides prognosis on relapse and survival of post-transplant ALL patients.

May 12th 2014

Taiho Oncology's Drug for Refractory Metastatic CRC Improves OS in Phase III Trials

Having met the primary endpoint of overall survival in it's Phase III trial of TAS-102 for refractory metastatic CRC, Taiho plans regulatory submissions.

May 12th 2014

In The Literature: A Promising New Antigen Target in Multiple Myeloma

May 12th 2014

ASCO Releases New Resources for Cancer Management in Obese Patients

ASCO today released new resources to help physicians manage the complications of obesity in patients with cancer and facilitate communication about the importance of weight management and making healthy lifestyle choices following a cancer diagnosis.

May 9th 2014

In The Literature: Using a Patient's Immune Cells to Treat Metastatic Cholangiocarcinoma

Researchers identified tumor-infiltrating CD4+ T cells specific for a mutated antigen expressed by a tumor from a patient with metastatic cholangiocarcinoma. Infusion of this patient with an expanded-population, mutation-specific T cell resulted in tumor regression and stabilization of disease.

May 9th 2014

Bipartisan Hearing Held in the Senate to Improve Federal Funding for the NCI

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) initiated an advertising campaign earlier this week to emphasize the importance of federal dollars in the fight against the deadly disease.

May 8th 2014

Walgreens-Komen Foundation Collaborate to Raise $15 Million for Breast Cancer

May 8th 2014

Active Surveillance Economical Over Immediate Treatment for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

Researchers in Canada have developed a model to simulate the cost of active surveillance versus immediate treatment among low-risk prostate cancer patients.

May 8th 2014

LDL Can Help Promote Cancer Metastasis

Researchers have identified that other than clogging the arteries, LDL can also promote metastatic cancer cells, which break away from the parent tumor, to reattach at distant site.

May 8th 2014

Despite Costs, Cancer Treatment Spending Moderates

Katie Sullivan, MA

Cancer treatments are evolving to work more effectively, but consequently, their costs are rising. In 2013, cancer medicine spending reached $91 billion globally-up from $71 billion in 2008.

May 7th 2014

Myriad and UHC Sign a 3-year Contract for the myRisk Hereditary Cancer Test

The molecular diagnostic testing company Myriad Genetics announced that it had signed a 3-year contract with UnitedHealthcare to make their myRisk cancer susceptibility test accessible to patients.

May 7th 2014

Merck's PD-1 Antibody for Metastatic Melanoma to Get Priority Review

Merck announced that the FDA has granted a priority review for it's anti-PD-1 antibody, MK-3475, under the accelerated approval program, for the treatment of metastatic melanoma.

May 7th 2014

Phone App For Melanoma Screening to be Tested at MD Anderson

DermoScan, created by an engineering faculty at the University of Houston, can help screen for melanoma. It has already been used to diagnose a dermal bacterial disease in Africa, in a NIH-sponsored study.

May 6th 2014

New Biomarker Identified for Esophageal Cancer

A new biomarker for esophageal cancer shows promise in improving screening for this deadly disease and its precursor, Barrett's esophagus.

May 6th 2014

Bone Marrow-On-A-Chip: New Method to Evaluate Toxicity

Bioengineers at Harvard have devised a chip with bone marrow to test chemotherapy and radiation-associated toxicity, bypassing the need to use animal models.

May 6th 2014

Cryoablation of Early Breast Cancer Tumors

Cryotherapy, already being used for benign breast tumors and several other cancers, might prove effective in women with breast cancer tumors 1 cm or smaller in size.

May 5th 2014

Phase 3 PROCEED Trial of Vintafolide Halted

Vintafolide, jointly being developed by Merck and Endocyte, failed to present efficacy on PFS in Phase 3 trials, resulting in early termination.

May 5th 2014

Flatiron's OncologyCloud Could be Big News

OncologyCloud, a platform developed by Flatiron Health, is already in partnership with more than 25 cancer centers to help address some of the bottlenecks in cancer care.

May 5th 2014

High Dose of Opioids Post-surgery Tied to NSCLC Recurrence

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who experienced disease recurrence half a decade after surgery received a significantly higher dose of opioids postoperatively, researchers said here.

May 2nd 2014

Hyperfractionated Radiation Therapy: Improved Local-Regional Control and OS in HNSCC

Patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck treated with hyperfractionated radiation therapy (HFX) experienced improved local-regional control and, with patients censored at five years, improved overall survival with no increase in late toxicity.

May 2nd 2014

Demcizumab by OncoMed Receives Orphan Drug Status for Pancreatic Cancer

Demcizumab, a monoclonal antibody that targets the Notch signaling pathway, has been awarded an orphan drug status by the FDA in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

May 1st 2014

In The Literature: Mesenchymal Stem Cells Suppress Glioblastoma in a Murine Model

In this study, the authors engineered BMP4-secreting mesenchymal stem cells to study their effect on a glioblastoma mouse model.

May 1st 2014

Medicare Advisory Panel Advises Against Annual Low-dose CT Screen

An advisory panel to the CMS voted against recommending an annual low-dose CT scan for high-risk individuals citing no benefit over the harm of false-positives.

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