Sentences with phrase «based on the biopsy»

All breast cancers are assigned a stage based on biopsy results plus other findings from blood tests and imaging scans.

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TruePrime LB addresses current liquid biopsy sensitivity and specificity issues by using adapted amplification of cancer - specific, large - fragment, cell - free DNA based on primer - free technology that combines the enzymes TthPrimPol and Phi29 DNA polymerase.

He explains that DNA - based liquid biopsies typically use standard blood collection tubes, and those based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are particularly easy for clinical laboratorians to understand and implement.

Recent studies have indicated, however, that resistance in EGFR - mutant NSCLC can vary and that a permanent designation based on a single biopsy may be insufficient.

Prostate cancer risk groups are assigned based on the prostate biopsy results, which include the Gleason score (GS)-- an indication of how aggressively the tumor cells may behave — and the prostate specific antigen (PSA) level in the patient's blood at the time of diagnosis.

Based on the results, St. Jude plans to expand biopsies to include recurrent rhabdomyosarcoma tumors and possibly other solid tumors.

«Based on the PSA levels, many patients underwent a biopsy and prostatectomy,» explained Popescu.

Above all, Mankoff says testing of new imaging methods should focus on applications where they clearly represent an advance for patients over other imaging or biopsy - based techniques.

Marks and his team identified 113 men enrolled in the UCLA active surveillance program who met the criteria for having low - risk cancers based on conventional biopsies.

However, according to a new UCLA study, selection of men for active surveillance should be based not on the widely used conventional biopsy, but with a new, image - guided targeted prostate biopsy.

When breast cancer is diagnosed, the drug regimen that the patient receives is based primarily on the results of a biopsy that is used to identify the type of tumor she has.

In the Netherlands, based on research reported in 2016 in Science Translational Medicine, Clevers and colleagues are already using personalized gut organoids, derived from rectal biopsies, to test whether cystic fibrosis patients will benefit from available drugs.

The biopsy, which is usually performed on an outpatient basis, involves obtaining tissue from testicles that is examined for sperm.

Based on their examination of liver biopsies from NAFLD and NASH patients, Drs. Wang and Tabas believe that TAZ works in the same way in people.

In tests on 8 patients based on collaborations with NYU and Cornell University medical centers, the CSHL testing method yielded assessments of tumors that more closely matched the verdict of post-surgical pathological analysis (which reveal actual pathology) than the corresponding pre-surgical predictive biopsies, according to first author Joan Alexander, Ph.D..

The CSHL method assigns a number to each set of biopsy cores, based on how many of the cores contain clonal cells, how many clonal cells each contains, and how far such cells have dispersed within the prostate.

Now, researchers at DTU Systems Biology have combined genetics with computer science and created a new diagnostic technology based on advanced self - learning computer algorithms which — on the basis of a biopsy from a metastasis — can with 85 per cent certainty identify the source of the disease and thus target treatment and, ultimately, improve the prognosis for the patient.

Incorporating MRI - based parameters into a risk model could cut down on the number of unnecessary biopsies performed in patients with suspected prostate cancer.

The cell assays are based on blood samples or tissue biopsies from these patients, and readouts are either specific, such as antibody production or the production of proinflammatory cytokines, or wider, such as proteomic effects of the probes.

The necessary scoring is based on a pathologist's visual examination of a tissue biopsy specimen under microscope, but different pathologists may assign different grades to the same specimens.

WASHINGTON (June 30, 2017)-- Based on a new molecular study of tissues biopsied from various parts of the upper digestive tract, researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified significant, if subtle, differences in gene mutations and other factors that could help in developing more tailored treatment options for cancer patients.

Since starting this blog last fall I have interacted with many people who get terribly ill from eating gluten, have many symptoms of Celiac Disease and have abnormal Celiac antibodies on blood testing, only to be told that they do not have Celiac Disease based on «normal» biopsies.

In one study based on the ultrasound and FNA biopsy researches of Thyroid Multidisciplinary Clinic from the University of Wisconsin came to the conclusion that many of their patients that came for the investigation of their thyroid health issues already had Hashimoto's with or even without their thyroid antibodies elevated and TSH in the normal reference range.

Further diagnostic tests may be recommended based on your pet's condition, such as radiography, endoscopy, ultrasound, or biopsy.

Based on early findings, a biopsy of the pancreas may be prescribed.

While gingival hyperplasia is often suspected based on clinical appearance, a biopsy may be recommended to obtain an accurate diagnosis.

The diagnosis is made based on history, x-rays of the bone and ultimately a biopsy, or removal of a tissue sample from the tumor.

Based on results of the biopsy, and evaluating for the spread of cancer to lymph nodes and other organs, bladder cancer is then staged so that the best treatment is utilized.

Definitive diagnosis is based on the histopathologic examination of a surgical biopsy of the mass.

Chronic hepatitis is initially considered as a differential diagnosis based on history, physical assessment, and routine laboratory tests and usually requires ultrasonographic imaging and diagnostic biopsy for definitive diagnosis.

This disorder is initially suspected based on blood tests and ultrasound imaging but definitive diagnosis requires examination of a liver biopsy (see liver biopsy below).

Diagnosis is based on intestinal biopsies.

Diagnosis is based on tests including using fine needle aspiration cytology to take a sample, ultrasound, CT imaging or examination of a biopsy.

Diagnosis is based on signs of the disease, and finding the parasite in skin scrapings or biopsies.

Generally, your veterinarian can make the diagnosis based on this small biopsy during the appointment or within 24 hours.