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With these rising rates, early-onset colorectal cancer has become the leading cause of cancer-related death for men under 50 and the second-leading cause for women under 50 in the United States.

What’s Behind the Enormous Increase in Early-Onset Gastrointestinal Cancers?

Oxford University Press

The incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer is increasing globally, particularly in high-income countries

Besides environmental factors, genes have a strong influence on whether or not a person develops AD during their lifetime.

First Large-Scale Stem Cell Bank Enables Worldwide Studies on Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease

International Society for Stem Cell Research

The new “iPSC Platform to Model Alzheimer’s disease Risk” (IPMAR) resource will be made available to researchers worldwide

Many rural hospitals will have to reduce their services or possibly close their doors altogether.

Rural Hospitals Will Be Hit Hard by Trump’s Signature Spending Package

Lauren S. Hughes, MD, MPH, MSc, MHCDS, FAAFP, Kevin J. Bennett, MS, PhD

Health policy experts predict that cuts to Medicaid will push more rural hospitals to close

Improving Reproducibility in Flow Cytometry-Based Biomarker Research

Curiox Biosystems

New strategies to reduce pre-analytical variability and improve efficiency across biomarker research workflows

The current landscape of scholarly publishing presents growing challenges.

NIH to Limit Publisher Fees on Publicly Funded Research

National Institutes of Health

By reducing publishing costs, the new policy could help expand access to literature and push for more transparent science

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the law will result in 7.8 million Americans losing Medicaid coverage.

How Will Medicaid Cuts Disrupt Clinical Lab Reimbursements?

As millions face loss of coverage, clinical laboratories must prepare for reimbursement shortfalls and shifting patient care demands

Gastric cancer ranks as the fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, driven mainly by chronic infection with H. pylori, a cause that can be prevented through effective treatment.

Bacteria May Be Responsible for 11 Million+ Projected Gastric Cancer Cases

Springer Nature

Researchers call for greater investment in the prevention of gastric cancer, particularly through population-wide H. pylori screen-and-treat programs

The study included 98 pathologists and researchers from other professions.

AI Sharpens Pathologists’ Interpretation of Tissue Samples

Karolinska Institutet

Researchers investigated how pathological assessments were affected by an AI tool trained to quantify tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

The younger patients, especially those between the ages of five and eight, responded best to the treatment.

Gene Therapy Restored Hearing in Deaf Patients

Karolinska Institutet

New gene therapy well-tolerated and improves hearing in all 10 patients with congenital deafness or severe hearing impairment

Rapid in-house companion diagnostics can transform lab workflows and help pharma reach more patients, faster.

FDA Approves NGS Companion Diagnostic for ZEGFROVY and Tumor Profiling

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Oncomine Dx Express Test on the Ion Torrent Genexus Dx Integrated Sequencer generates results in as little as 24 hours to support timely therapy decisions

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Recent data from the World Health Organization indicate that there were 157,182 new cases in women in this age group and 124,269 deaths from the disease worldwide in 2022.

Women 65+ Still at Heightened Risk of Cervical Cancer Caused by HPV

BMJ-British Medical Journal

Screening is usually discontinued for women 65+ if their previous smear tests were normal despite rising global incidence of cervical cancer in this age group