Liquid biopsies raise question of cancer screening value
In Canby Oregon a 74 year old woman volunteered for a blood test touted as a new cancer screening frontier. The test looks for DNA fragments shed by tumor cells and aims to detect cancers such as in pancreas and ovaries before symptoms. Its impact on overall cancer mortality remains uncertain as policy weighs White House goals against unproven benefit.
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Jacob Marquez
Oregon Health & Science University
Knight Cancer Institute
Portland
Ore
David Parker
Parker
White House
New treatment center a big step for local mental health care
Jeff Burkhead outlines Douglas County progress toward a collaborative Treatment and Recovery Campus and Center. The TRC opens this summer as part of a behavioral health campus including Transitions and The Cottages at Green Lake. The 2018 quarter cent sales tax and cross‑agency cooperation funded construction and operations amid gaps in Medicaid expansion.
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Johnson
Douglas County
Second St
TRC
Behavioral Health
Green Lake
Sarah Plinsky
Kansas
LMH Health
LMH Health Women’s Center
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