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Women Face Unique Risks for High Blood Pressure and Stroke

- Women have a lot on their plates, and sometimes important self-care can take a back seat to work, family and other obligations. In fact, nearly 50% of adult women have high blood pressure, and nearly three-quarters of those with high blood pressure don t have it under control. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can significantly increase a woman s risk for a stroke, but a few important steps can help reduce that risk and give women (and their loved ones) one less thing to worry about. High blood pressure is a leading cause of stroke and we know that 1 in 5 women will have a stroke and stroke kills more women than breast cancer, according to Dr. Monik Jiménez, a volunteer with the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association and associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women s Hospital and assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Novel Test Detects Leftover Cancer DNA in the Blood

Novel Test Detects Leftover Cancer DNA in the Blood by Angela Mohan on  April 30, 2021 at 2:59 PM Tumor-uninformed test detects the residual or leftover cancer DNA circulating in the blood of patients following treatment. Guardant Reveal test developed by precision oncology company Guardant Health, is tumor-uninformed . It doesn t require knowing mutations that were present in the patient s tumor. The use of ctDNA, which is a type of liquid biopsy , is a powerful prognostic tool to detect residual disease, and many prospective trials are under way in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia to use ctDNA to guide treatment decision-making, says lead author Aparna R. Parikh, MD, an investigator in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at MGH and an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Study evaluates first tumor-uninformed ctDNA assay to detect residual cancer cells after treatment

Study evaluates first tumor-uninformed ctDNA assay to detect residual cancer cells after treatment After patients with cancer undergo surgery to remove a tumor and sometimes additional chemotherapy, tools are used to identify patients at highest risk of recurrence. Non-invasive tools to detect microscopic disease are of especially high value. In a new study published in Clinical Cancer Research a team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has evaluated the first tumor-uninformed test that detects cancer DNA circulating in the blood of patients following treatment. The test, called Guardant Reveal, developed by precision oncology company Guardant Health, is tumor-uninformed because, unlike previous tests for circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the blood, this test does not require knowing the particular mutations that were present in the patient s tumor.

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