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Nobuhiko Hata
Several remarkable advances have taken place in oncology research over the past few decades. Novel technologies that can diagnose tumors with unparalleled accuracy, surgical therapies that rival the precision of a sharp shooter and ever-expanding patient awareness and scientific knowledge are all on our side, slowly but steadily leading us to a future where cancer will not be anyone's nemesis. Moderated by health care reporter Jessica Bartlett, this session featured Medicine's Elizabeth Poole, PhD, Radiology's Nobuhiko Hata, PhD, and Neurosurgery's Nathalie Agar, PhD, who presented highlights of innovations in understanding, diagnosing and treating specific types of cancer. Research ran the gamut, from findings on the association between ovarian cancer and chronic stress, to the use of robotics to better diagnose prostate cancer, and how brain tumor surgery can be guided by mass spectrometry, which analyzes the mass of ions to identify the contents of tissue samples.