Sentences with phrase «invasive staging test»
The researchers found that of the 614 eligible patients included in the analysis, 27 % had no preoperative diagnostic procedure, 22 % did not have an imaging scan to stage the cancer, and 88 % did not have an invasive staging test.
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In contrast, our blood - based test is minimally invasive, inexpensive, and more sensitive, thus suitable for large population screening to detect early - stage tumors.»
Only 1 in 10 patients (10 %) had the recommended combination of three staging tests [computed tomography (CT) scan, positron emission tomography (PET) / CT scan, and an invasive test] before surgery.
The introduction of these new blood tests is an invasive and inexpensive way of potentially saving millions of people from the devastating effects of Alzheimer's and find better - suited treatment in the early stages of diagnosis.