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A blood test can predict early lung cancer prognosis

By Guest PostOctober 23, 2017Healthblood test, liquid biopsies, lung cancer, lung cancer patients, metastases, microfluidic chips, prognosis, rhonda jack, rishindra reddy, satellite tumors, sunitha nagrath, tumor removal surgery, vasudha murlidhar

ANN ARBOR — Cancer cells obtained from a blood test may be able to predict how early-stage lung cancer patients will fare, a team from the University of Michigan has shown. (more…)

UCLA scientists use ‘NanoVelcro’ and temperature control to extract tumor cells from blood

By Guest PostMarch 28, 2015Scienceblood, copulation induced ovulation, current climate change, extract, global warming skeptic, hsian rong tseng, metastases, nanovelcro chip, polymer, technique, tumor cells, ucla scientists

An international group led by scientists at UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute has developed a new method for effectively extracting and analyzing cancer cells circulating in patients’ blood.

Circulating tumor cells are cancer cells that break away from tumors and travel in the blood, looking for places in the body to start growing new tumors called metastases. Capturing these rare cells would allow doctors to detect and analyze the cancer so they could tailor treatment for individual patients. (more…)