Crimson Publishers- Novel Approaches in Cancer Study

New Ultrasonic Techniques for Colorectal Cancer Imaging by Rossana Soletti in Journal of Cancer Research   Crimson Publishers_   Novel Approaches in Cancer Study   Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second cancer-related cause of mortality in the world, with increasing incidence in some developing countries and in the young population. Colonoscopy is the gold standard tool for CRC screening because it can detect and remove precancerous lesions in the same procedure, and its widespread use in people older than 50 years of age may be the cause of declining CRC incidence in this group. However, some precancerous lesions may be missed by colonoscopy and progress to CRC before the next screening, a fact that demonstrates the need to search for new affordable and sensitive imaging techniques. In this minireview we highlight the main ultrasound methods that have been studied experimentally and clinically with the potential to improve CRC detection, d...

The Acoustic Technology for Ctcs Isolation in Blood: Low-Cost Devices by Itziar González in Journal of Cancer Research   Crimson Publishers_   Novel Approaches in Cancer Study Blood samples can be used as a liquid biopsy in cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy monitoring. This label- free method offers benefits over traditional tissue invasive biopsy. It is possible to separate rare cells from blood samples by Ultrasounds on the basis of their physical properties in a biocompatible manner. A successful separation of cultured cancer cells from WBCs with acoustic-based methods is being demonstrated during the last years through different technological approaches. The concept of plate acoustic waves (PAW) applied to acoustophoresis was recently introduced to perform acoustic flow-through separation of rare cells in blood samples. It lies in the geometrical chip design, different to other micro separators (BAW and SAW). This new strategy allows soft materials of extremely reduced vol...

Ultrasound Technology as a Novel Treatment Strategy in Pancreatic Cancer by Julie Earl in Journal of Cancer Research   Crimson Publishers_   Novel Approaches in Cancer Study   Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas (PDAC) accounts for 2.4% of all cancers diagnosed and is the fourth leading cause of cancer death, with almost equal rates of incidence and mortality [1]. By 2030, pancreatic cancer is projected to be the second leading cause of cancer-related death [2], surpassing breast, prostate and colorectal cancer. The overall survival at 5 years of around 7.2% as the majority of patients present with advanced disease at diagnosis. Patients with localized disease are treated with surgery, with or without neoadjuvant chemotherapy/ radiotherapy, followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. The majority (around 80%) of patients are treated only with chemotherapy as they have an advanced disease. Patients are treated in the first line with gemcitabine-abraxane or Folfirinox and with Naliri plu...

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