Friday, June 8, 2012

Cheap test to determine the progess of breast cancer

Cheapcures

                     


 From newsmax health feed.

Thee is a cheap cure (test) that is being used to monitor progress of cancer .  It is called CTC test (circulating  tumor cells) The presence of cancer cells in the blood, according to a report in Lancet Oncology was a predictor of survival rate of the cancer patients.  Normally, this CTC test is not conducted because cancer cells are thought to be circulating in the lymphathic system. The study was conducted in the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and covered the period of 5 years -  2005 and 2010.  A lot more study is believed to be needed.


       

The patients had early stage of cancer and had not spread.  Some findings:

Those who had 0 CTC had mortality rate of 3%

Those who had CTC in the blood had 30% death rate.


                                       



                                               

New Generation CTC to be Developed by J & J and MGH

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