Cancer detection

Blood test found to detect lung cancer with nearly 93% accuracy for average cost of $60 - study

The test involves using a dedicated chip and fluorescence analysis, in which fragments of cell-free DNA in the blood are examined for distinct methylation patterns. 

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FILE PHOTO: The second tower of the World Trade Center explodes into flames after being hit by a airplane, New York September 11, 2001 with the Brooklyn bridge in the foreground.

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Former US President Joe Biden attends a ceremony, at Veterans Memorial Park, in New Castle, Delaware, U.S. May 30, 2025.

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani enters for a press conference to ask for the release of Federal Counterterrorism Funding in New York City, US, September 1, 2026.

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Groundbreaking blood test can detect cancer years before symptoms appear

Developed by a Sino-US startup, the groundbreaking new blood test is referred to as PanSeer.

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Tel Aviv-based Ibex to provide AI cancer diagnosis support to UK's NHS

Ibex's Galen Prostate solution has been adopted by LDPath, a major provider of pathology services to the NHS.

Ibex uses AI to help pathologists minimize diagnostic errors

Israeli start-up Ibex helps detect cancer using AI

Ibex offers an important contribution in facing two challenges, the shortage of pathologists and the occurrence of human errors

 Image of the first-ever case of a misdiagnosed cancer detected by an AI solution in real time in pathology – in this case a prostate cancer that was detected by our Galen Prostate solution, on a biopsy that was previously diagnosed as benign by the pathologist.

Israel's pancreatic cancer foundation and how it's supporting people

The thing about pancreatic cancer which makes it so scary is that patients respond, often well, to certain chemo-therapies - until they stop responding

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Google system could improve breast cancer detection - study

The study, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, is the latest to show that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to improve the accuracy of screening for breast cancer.

Breast cancer (illustrative photo)