Fully implemented targeted sequencing - based assays in routine diagnostic pathology laboratories are currently lacking
in lymphoid cancer care,» explained Christian Steidl, MD, Senior Scientist at the BC Cancer and Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Not exact matches
A new study published
in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics has established that hybrid - capture sequencing is the method of choice for sequencing «actionable» gene mutations across the most common forms of
lymphoid cancer.
«Harnessing the power of genomic sequencing augments diagnosis and treatment of
lymphoid cancer: New assay may allow screening for «actionable» gene mutations
in routinely acquired archival biopsies, reports The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics.»
Immunologist Sharon Evans of Roswell Park
Cancer Institute
in Buffalo, New York, and coworkers are studying how fever affects the movement of white blood cells, or lymphocytes, from the blood into
lymphoid tissue, where they learn to recognize and fight pathogens.
To the identify the tissue - wide expression pattern of this receptor, they screen the full human tissue atlas and find expression
in a limited number of normal tissues and
cancers, including some reproductive and
lymphoid organs and
cancers.
The incidence of the
lymphoid cancers is rising faster than any other common
cancer seen
in North America.
Canine Lymphoma Lymphoma (lymphosarcoma) is a relatively common type of
cancer found
in dogs and cats which arises from
lymphoid tissue.
These
lymphoid tumors are one of the most common
cancers that occur
in ferrets.
Lymphoid cancer in the chest, tonsil or bone marrow, blood or multiple organs often progress more rapidly than those only present
in lymph nodes or a single organ.
Cancer can originate
in any
lymphoid tissue.
«
Lymphoid cancer is the most common
cancer in cats making up approximately one
in three
cancer cases.»
In dogs, the risk of
lymphoid cancer is 13 - 24 cases of lymphosarcoma per 100,000 dogs.
With
lymphoid tumors
in dogs, there is usually generalized symmetrical swelling of the lymph nodes
in addition to the
cancer in the spleen.
Some types of
lymphoid cancer in dogs are also associated with virus infection.
Feline leukemia virus can cause
cancers of both the blood and
lymphoid system
in cats.
«
In cats, lymphoid cancer is the most common cancer making up approximately one in three cancer cases.&raqu
In cats,
lymphoid cancer is the most common
cancer making up approximately one
in three cancer cases.&raqu
in three
cancer cases.»
Dr. Thalheim has a special interest
in Translational Medicine and Comparative Oncology, specifically involving hematopoietic and
lymphoid cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia.