Surfing the web, I uncovered these news items worth sharing

• In an important step toward endoscopic diagnosis of cancer, researchers in Germany have developed a handheld fiber optic probe that can be used to perform multiple nonlinear imaging techniques without the need for tissue staining. The imaging probe uses an ultrafast laser to create nonlinear optical effects in tissue that can reveal cancer and other diseases. You can read more about this breakthrough in the Journal of Biophotonics.
• Scientists at Lehigh University have created an artificial intelligence cervical cancer screening technique that may perform as well or even better than human interpretation.  Read more about their findings in the journal Medical Image Analysis.
• The cost of cancer can often create financial hardships for families.  In a recent study by the University of Georgia, researchers found that caring for a husband or wife with cancer can significantly diminish family income. The findings were published in the Journal of Health Economics.
• A new study in JAMA Oncology led by researchers at UC Davis found that second primary cancers in pediatric and adolescents and young adult (AYA) patients are deadlier than they are in older patients. They determined their findings by using data from more than a million (15,954 pediatric, 125,750 AYA and 878,370 older adult) patients with cancer of all ages throughout the United States using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program — 13 registries.