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Putting the ‘Early’ in ‘Early Detection’

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Gary Boas, Contributing Editor, [email protected]

Molecular imaging could help to advance clinical screenings for esophageal and other cancers. Esophageal cancer is relatively rare: In 2013, only about 18,000 people in the US will be diagnosed with it, compared with the American Cancer Society’s projection of 1.7 million new cases of cancer generally this year. But esophageal cancer is an especially difficult one to manage. Symptoms – including difficulty swallowing and unexplained weight loss – typically occur late in the disease. By the time they appear, the cancer is often incurable. Because of its poor prognosis,...Read full article

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    Published: May 2013
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