Posted on 07/24/2017 10:40:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The new test utilizes microRNA (miRNA), a substance that is secreted from cells into the blood and regulates the movements of genes. Types of miRNA differ between cancer cells and normal cells, and they do not decompose for a certain period of time.
The team is composed of researchers from the center, Toray Industries Inc. — which has the testing technology — and other institutions. They succeeded in identifying miRNA specific to 13 kinds of cancers, such as breast, lung, stomach, colorectal, esophagus, liver and pancreatic cancers, from the preserved blood of about 40,000 patients, most of whom were cancer sufferers.
From a single drop of blood, the researchers could diagnose all the cancers, including relatively early stage 1 cancers, with more than 95 percent accuracy. Breast cancer was diagnosed with 97 percent accuracy.
However, the properties of miRNA could have changed in preserved blood. Therefore, in the planned clinical study, the research team will use fresh blood provided by about 3,000 people, including patients and healthy people.
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Now THIS is SCIENCE Mr. Nye !!
Sounds very promising, especially that they can detect cancer at early stages, when the treatments have a better chance.
bttt
There is an inherent problem with this.
The insurance industry and pre-existing conditions.
I was once warned to think twice about getting a BRCA test for this very reason.
I would take this cancer test for early detection.
“Now THIS is SCIENCE Mr. Nye !!”
Exactly.
Good point, in that people like Nye take real science for granted.
“Sounds very promising, especially that they can detect cancer at early stages, when the treatments have a better chance.”
Yes. Keep in mind it is just beginning clinical tests now.
In other words, it’s not known if it will work yet.
We are going to eventually beat this horrible disease!
Sadly, the treatment side is still in the stone ages — lop off the offending body part, irradiate the person and/or inject nasty chemicals into their body that make them very sick but not sick enough to kill them.
For all of the trillions of dollars donated and spent on cancer research and the doctors are still driving around in Model Ts.
There are other blood test trials beginning also that could detect the precise location of the tumor.
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/new_blood_test_could_help_detect_and_locate_cancer_early_on
The ex tested positive for BRCA. She has 6 brothers & sisters. The clinician said to have them all pay out of pocket for their tests for the same reason.
And after they have cured cancer they can turn their attention to other horrible diseases like stroke, neuropathy, etc.
If your mother had insurance before you were conceived and you have never been without insurance, is it still a preexisting condition?
Yep. Works for me.
Back in the day there was a saying that only God and surgeons cured cancer. If you can cut it out, it is still the best option and I thank God, I was able to get mine surgically removed.
Radiation is radiation but chemo has changed a lot in the last 20 years. There are many cancers considered curable with chemo now. There are other cancers which never responded to treatment now responding to newer meds.
Still a long way to go but this is an exciting time for new cancer treatments.
Yuge!
Especially for some of those cancers that hide until it is too late, like pancreatic.
If you change insurance companies and not covered under a group plan...maybe. I have Aetna underwriting guideline I found on the net but didn’t look for that
I am hopeful but and losing my faith... very quickly. I have a friend who was diagnosed and they did option #1 and are about to follow up with option #2.
About the only positive thing is that they discovered it before it spread... we hope.
Getting the big C diagnosis is always rough news. I’m 5 years out and doing well but lost a couple of friends diagnosed about the same time I was.
I’ve had a few friends and family with really bad diagnoses since then. Amazingly they are doing well. No guarantees but based on everything I knew, should not have lived a year but are living normal lives currently.
I chose a worse prognosis by not getting chemo, always figured I would feel like an idiot if the cancer came back, but if it comes back, there are options that weren’t available when I was first diagnosed.
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