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UofL medical faculty member comments on FDA approval of blood-based colorectal cancer screening test
April 18, 2016
On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first blood-based screening test for colorectal cancer. The Epi proColon test uses a blood sample to screen for specific types of DNA that may indicate the presence of colon cancer.
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Physicians at James Graham Brown Cancer Center to test new treatment option for recurrent glioblastoma
April 14, 2016
For patients with recurrent glioblastoma (GBM), existing chemotherapies have offered limited survival benefit and new therapies are clearly needed. Eric Burton, M.D., is conducting a clinical trial with a new therapy at the University of Louisville’s