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A New Regulatory Threat to Cancer Patients

February 26, 2018

25 February 2018

By Dr. Olivier Elemento

"The federal government is threatening to limit treatment options for doctors fighting cancer. A regulatory decision due this Wednesday from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) could undermine the care delivered to the more than 1.6 million Americans who are diagnosed with cancer each year.

"At issue is whether reimbursements will be available to most physicians, hospitals, and patients for a diagnostic technology...

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AI Aids in Cancer Diagnosis

February 12, 2018

An artificial intelligence (AI) program developed by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers can distinguish types of cancer from images of cells with almost 100 percent accuracy, according to a new study. This new technology has the potential to augment cancer diagnosis techniques that currently require the human eye.

Currently, cancer is diagnosed by visual examination of tissue samples under a microscope. Pathologists consider variables like cell shape, number,...

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What is CH?

January 13, 2018

What is hematopoiesis?

Hematopoiesis refers to the body’s biological process of making blood. Our bone marrow contains blood-forming cells termed “hematopoietic stem cells.” These stem cells produce all the blood cells in our body.

 

What is clonal hematopoiesis (CH)?

Our blood-forming cells are in a constant state of division to make mature blood cells. As we age, genetic mistakes can happen during this process causing a mutation....

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