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Some mouth bacteria migrate to the gut in gastrointestinal cancers, opening possibilities for more convenient cancer diagnostic tests.

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American Cancer Society Updates Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

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Top Cancer Stories of 2025

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Could Non-Invasive Colon Cancer Screening Replace Colonoscopies?

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Scaling Proteomics for Precision Health Breakthroughs

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Generation X and Millennials Face a Steep Rise in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Cases

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Automating Liquid Biopsy: Unleashing New Potential in Diagnostics

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The Ins and Outs of Hereditary Cancer Testing

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The Basics and Applications of Cell-Free DNA 

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Why Some HPV Infections Carry More Cervical Cancer Risk

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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