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Palo Alto company gets key FDA approval for cancer blood screening Guardant Health wants to “conquer cancer through data” #cancer #ai #clinicaltrials

The US has the sixth highest rate of early-onset cancers for under 45-year-olds. Between 1990 and 2019, cases of cancer in young people increased by 79 percent and deaths rose 28 percent. The key reason: Fast Food. The desire to protect Americans from substances that cause cancer and other diseases should transcend party affiliation and political motivation to overcome industrial lobbying efforts. 'This was possible with tobacco, and it is possible with food.' He added: 'To be sure, this will require Americans to make different choices about what they eat to prioritize their health over the profit of corporations and, at times, even their convenience.'?#cancer #food #politics

Google started in her garage She had been living with lung cancer for two years and had given generously to cancer research. When she became?YouTube’s chief executive?in 2014, Ms. Wojcicki was hailed as the most powerful woman in advertising. She had made Google enormously profitable and was expected to repeat the trick at YouTube. She led Google’s ad business and played a key role in its acquisition of?DoubleClick, an advertising technology company, in 2007. Ms. Wojcicki campaigned for paid parental leave to become standard not only at Google but at other businesses, promoting the policy in an?opinion article?published by The Wall Street Journal in 2014. She and Mr. Troper had five children. #google #women #leadership

88 percent of screening paid for by private insurance, the rest, by government programs. The estimate focused on five cancers for which there is medically recommended screening — breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate — and colonoscopies accounted for most of the costs. #healthinsurance #healthcare #life

The world’s first personalized mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma halves the risk of patients dying or the disease returning...will help improve survival rates for ‘the next decades and more,’ says Cancer Research UK’s chief clinician. #clinicaltrials #mrna #cancer

NO BILLING CODE, NO INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT will impede the adoption of AI technology. The FDA has approved nearly 600 radiology AI and machine learning programs, but most aren’t covered by insurance. #ai #healthinsurance

“Super Size Me” involved consuming only food from McDonald’s for 30 days. By the end of the experiment, Spurlock gained 25 pounds and suffered from depression and liver dysfunction. #fastfood #cancer #publichealth

Targeted radiopharmaceuticals deliver radiation directly into tumors by attaching a radioactive particle to a targeting molecule. Betwixt David Agus/Ellison Cancer Research and Big Pharma Investments, better treatments and eventually eradication. #agus #pharmaceuticals #health

Researchers have uncovered a protein in the immune system?that can be manipulated to help overcome colon cancer. The protein Ku70 can “cool off” cancer cells and may be able to keep them in a dormant state. #clinicaltrials #medicalresearch #cancer

AI: Triomics processes large swaths of datasets to automate cancer clinical trials and match them with specific cancer patients. This is an essential resource for busy oncologists and nurses who often lack time to learn about all the clinical trials that may be right for their patients. #clinicaltrials #medicine #oncology #pharmaceuticals?