Tag: photodiagnosis

  Colorectal cancer is a a major cause of death in many countries, and it’s one of the few cancers that can actually be prevented with screening. In

Personalized medicine, also called precision medicine, is an individualized approach to disease, one that takes into account each individual’s unique biology. Not surprisingly, because every cancer arises from

Imagine this scenario. You’re going in for surgery for a malignant tumor found in your bladder. After the operation, you’re told that they “got it all”, but then

Surgery is an ancient medical disclipline, with the first well-documented operations dating back at least 3000 years. Until the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th century, however, surgeons

In a previous Discoveries article, we shared the exciting findings from a clinical trial showing that Bremachlorin-based photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a safe, effective treatment for invasive baldder

Bladder cancer has been called the world’s most expensive cancer, and for good reason: It has the highest lifetime treatment costs per patient of any cancer. Even after

Stomach cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Each year, over one million people are diagnosed with this dreaded malignancy, and in many cases the treatment

Many tumors are first detected only after they’ve become bothersome or symptomatic.  In the case of lung cancer, this usually means that the diagnosis takes place at a