Sentences with phrase «tumor profiling ordered»
Just over half of patients in the study who gave consent and had tumor profiling ordered by a physician actually received results, due to a variety of technical and logistical factors.
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In a scenario where tumor profiling was already ordered, 79 % of patients stated they wanted to know all of the information obtained.
«While tumor profiling holds the promise of improved therapeutics through personalized medicine, it is important that both clinicians and patients discuss the possibilities of incidental findings prior to ordering the testing, as the findings can have serious implications for both the patient and their family members,» said Melinda Yushak, M.D., M.P.H., first author on the study and a medical oncology fellow in Yale School of Medicine.
While not diagnostic for SCC, the diagnostic work - up includes complete blood count and serum chemistry profile, lymph node assessment via cytology, and chest x-rays in order to confirm that the tumor SCC is confined to the mouth.