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colon cancer
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Colon Cancer Screening: Health Empowerment for the Whole Family
While we’re catching a high-risk population through preventive screenings, we are also identifying an entirely separate high-risk population: children of the patients that were just screened and found to have high risk polyps such as greater than 1 cm or with certain advanced characteristics.
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During colon cancer awareness month, let’s focus on the little things
Little things truly matter. This is especially true in our fight to prevent colon cancer. Colon cancer almost always starts as tiny mushroom-looking, pre-cancerous growths called “polyps”. Over a five- to 10-year period, these little 1mm-10mm nothings may evolve into something…cancer. Fortunately, these can be easily removed during a colonoscopy.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Diagnostics, Startups
Indiana diagnostics startup seeks $750K to validate colon cancer monitoring test
“MedCity News has partnered with BioCrossroads to provide coverage focused on Indiana’s next generation of […]
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BioAtla-BioMotiv licensing deal results in new biotech startup to develop IBD, cancer drugs
There’s a new biotech startup in town: Kodosil Bio. The by-product of a licensing deal […]
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Devices & Diagnostics, Diagnostics, Startups
Applied Proteomics lands $28M for diagnostics that spot disease by capturing protein activity
“Most companies have come out of particular biological research and picked one horse to bet […]