Sentences with phrase «accurate diagnosis of cancer»

Thus, measures of CA 125 can not be trusted to give an accurate diagnosis of cancer — and yet a number of women who tested positive apparently feared the possibility of cancer so much that they decided to have their healthy ovaries removed anyway.

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About Proteocyte Diagnostics Proteocyte Diagnostics Inc. is a Canadian molecular diagnostics company that develops and commercializes a novel diagnostics technology, Straticyte ™ that offers objective and accurate early diagnosis of precancers and cancers.

The discovery that the identification and biopsy of the first lymph node to which a cancer spreads (the sentinel node) can lead to more accurate diagnosis and treatment has revolutionised the management of breast cancer.

«This combination test is not designed to say definitively at diagnosis whether a man has aggressive prostate cancer, but it can provide a more accurate estimate of the likelihood of having cancer and the likelihood of that cancer being aggressive,» Tomlins says.

This will result in development of the first of its kind biomarker that gauges pancreatic cancer alterations from multiple genomic angles for making highly accurate diagnoses,» added Bhasin.

«The identification and initial validation of a highly accurate 5 - gene pancreatic cancer biomarker panel that can discriminate late and early stages of pancreatic cancer from normal pancreas and benign pancreatic lesions could facilitate early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer,» said co-senior author Roya Khosravi - Far, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology at BIDMC.

Gadolinium - based contrast agents have a proven track record for accurate diagnosis and treatment monitoring of a large number of diseases including cancer, neurological pathology, heart disease, liver disease, and many other important conditions afflicting adults and children.

Half of all lung cancer patients are over 70 years old when first diagnosed, but studies have shown that these older patients are less likely to receive an accurate diagnosis.

When it comes to the diagnosis of cancer, smartphone microscopes are reasonably accurate, according to a study conducted by Jahan - Tigh and colleagues at McGovern Medical School and Harvard Medical School.

Precise head and neck cancer tests are crucial for treatment planning, and City of Hope is equipped with state - of - the - art technologies and specialized staff to ensure an accurate, comprehensive diagnosis of head and neck cancer.

We are also able to view live images of tissue in the digestive tract at a microscopic level, enabling earlier and more accurate diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers.

Aug 8, 2008 Two New Predisposition Genes For Breast, Thyroid And Kidney Cancers Could Lead to More Accurate Diagnosis and Earlier Detection of These Cancers Charis Eng, MD, PhD, Sondra J and Stephen R Hardis Endowed Chair of Cancer Genomic Medicine and Chair, GMI, and her team published in the Aug 8, 2008 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics that germline mutations in SDHB and SDHD, which play key roles in the mitochondria (the cell's power houses), predispose to Cowden and Cowden - like syndromes.

«We are making tremendous strides every day in understanding the genomic basis of cancer and hope to develop the most accurate markers for the earliest diagnoses so that preemptive strikes can be made even before the cancer has started,» Dr. Eng said.

With an early and accurate diagnosis, these types of cancer are often curable.

This discovery, and his subsequent research, has provided tools that clinicians use to help them make accurate diagnoses for hundreds of thousands of genetic tests every year on conditions such as autism, birth defects and cancer.

Our goal is the development of health professionals who provide accessible, affordable, accurate skin cancer diagnosis and management.

Our goal is the development of health professionals who provide accessible, affordable, accurate skin cancer diagnosis and management.