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New drugs are constantly being developed for breast cancer. In the future, artificial intelligence will be used to assess individual risk for cancer. Liquid biopsy, on the other hand, reveals the risk of cancer recurrence.

First-in-human clinical trials have been initiated at Kuopio University Hospital with a device that assists in the identification of cancerous tissue during surgery.

Higher body fat percentage, body mass index, and waist-to-height ratio had a much stronger connection to a higher low-grade inflammation than any physical fitness measure.

The PhD study applied a metabolomics approach to examine the metabolic changes in individuals on simvastatin therapy.

The methods developed in the PhD study serve as the basis for further development of near real-time brain tissue classification systems.

During a 12-week intervention, the perceived amount of pain decreased, and the ability of daily functioning improved.

The doctoral dissertation provides information about radiation-induced microstructural, cellular, and biochemical changes on both the animal and human mandible.

Elevated blood pressure and hypertension can cause early cardiac damage during adolescence which is worsened by young adulthood, a new study concludes.

Fewer cases of melanoma were observed in people with a history of atopic diseases, such as allergic asthma or rhinitis, than in nonatopic people.

The three-decade-old international cutpoint for diagnosing children and adolescents with an enlarged heart misclassifies normal heart size as cardiac damage in adolescents, a new study concludes.