Sentences with phrase «detect lung tumors»

For example, just before von Eschenbach arrived, NCI had agreed to fund a now - $ 350 million screening trial to see if spiral computed tomography (CT) scans could detect lung tumors missed by x-ray imaging in former smokers.

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Paweletz and his colleagues are now developing a PCR - based test to detect drug resistance mutations in lung tumors.

The MRI imaging detected metastatic tumors, including micrometastases, in lung, liver, lymph node, adrenal gland, bone, and brains of the mice.

In a study of 124 patients with advanced breast, lung, and prostate cancers, a new, high - intensity genomic sequencing approach detected circulating tumor DNA at a high rate.

Researchers discovered that near infrared imaging can detect lung cancer tumors invisible to the naked eye.

X-rays can be used to detect a variety of ailments including arthritis, tumors and lung abnormalities including pneumonia, bladder and kidney stones.

Not all cases are so advanced that tumors in the lungs can be detected.