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Study suggests many women with early breast cancer receive unnecessary imaging tests

A new study suggests that up to 60 percent of the CT scans, bone scans, and PET scans performed for more than 29,000 Michigan women diagnosed with early breast cancer between 2008 and 2014 could not be medically justified based on retrospective record review.

Are lung cancer survivors getting too many costly scans for no reason? Study suggests so

A new study suggests that one approach to watching for a cancer’s return is being inappropriately used at many hospitals. And it isn’t helping patients survive longer, the research shows.

Kellogg researchers develop new nanoparticle with potential to treat ocular cancer

Researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center have developed a new nanoparticle that uses a tumor cell’s protective mechanism against itself — short-circuiting tumor cell metabolism and killing tumor cells.

Defining Clinical Trials

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