In an advance for precision oncology, the largest published study to date on molecular residual disease (MRD) detection in stage 3 colon cancer has demonstrated the prognostic capabilities of Guardant ...

Frailty is a good indicator for which surgery patients may develop adverse outcomes following their procedure, but current frailty screenings are underutilized. Researchers at Baylor College of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A genetic biomarker test was able to predict patients’ semaglutide treatment response after bariatric surgery.

The Clinical Frailty Scale assessment can be performed in less than a minute and indicates likelihood of post-surgical mortality and loss of independence. Prior to vascular surgery, an easy nine-point ...

A simple blood test taken before surgery may predict how quickly patients recover from their procedure, suggests a new study. The authors say that identifying a patient's immune state from blood ...

Marathon surgery can be dangerous enough without the threat of blood clots forming in the patient. To counter that, surgeons administer blood thinning drugs throughout a procedure, but knowing when to ...

Real-Life Vision Test (RLVT) is a newly developed performance-based measures of functional vision. This present study is designed to determine whether it could be a meaningful assessment for cataract ...

A common cardiac blood test done before surgery can predict who will experience adverse outcomes after most types of surgery, says an international study led by Hamilton researchers. Globally, of the ...