Genetic testing will help in the detection of lung cancer

U.S. researchers have discovered a test may be useful in predicting who suffer lung cancer killer.

The researchers said the test, which reveals the lethal genes in the lungs of people from the groups most vulnerable to lung cancer may help in identifying those who may already be infected the disease.

But researchers also said that the test is not accurate, so far, enough to be widely used, but it might replace the X-ray risky and costly.

The head of the Action Team program manager Stephen Plinski lung cancer at the Institute of Lovelace Respiratory Research in Albuquerque, New Mexico, “Unless we examine a number of times the lung X-ray to detect any tumors, there is emerging, we have no means to test those most at risk of lung cancer to be diagnosed with the disease at a later stage. ”

He added in a statement: “When proficiency testing and to ensure the accuracy of such tests had been successful in detecting lung cancer early enough for treatment.”

The Plinski and the number of his colleagues in the March 15 issue of the journal Cancer Research, which conducted the test succeeded in detecting 65% of the cases that have been symptoms of lung cancer in 18 months but at the same time and the wrong type 35% of the volunteers not infected with cancer patients as the .

The test examines the DNA in lung cells in sputum, and it is known that some genes are discouraged in the lung cancer.

It remains alive for more than five years, only 15% of patients with lung cancer and is due in part to the fact that the disease do not show many of the symptoms early and most people are not only diagnosed with the cancer has spread in the body.

Plinski said, “because most people are diagnosed with the disease at a time when the cancer is at an advanced stage, the surgical intervention and treatment of chemotherapy and radiation does not benefit them, therefore, the survival rate after diagnosis is only 13 months.”

Source: Reuters

January 8, 2009 | Filed Under Mesothelioma News | Leave a Comment

Genetic testing will help in the detection of Mesothelioma lung cancer

U.S. researchers have discovered a test may be useful in predicting who suffer lung cancer killer.

But researchers also said that the test is not accurate, so far, enough to be widely used, but it might replace the X-ray risky and costly.

The head of the Action Team program manager Stephen Plinski lung cancer at the Institute of Lovelace Respiratory Research in Albuquerque, New Mexico, “Unless we examine a number of times the lung X-rays to detect tumors arising from any we have, there is no way to check people who are more vulnerable to lung cancer to be diagnosed with the disease at a later stage. ”

He said in a statement: “When proficiency testing and confirmation of the accuracy of this type of testing has been successful in detecting lung cancer early enough for treatment.”

Plinski He and his colleagues in the number of March 15 issue of the journal Cancer Research that the test they had succeeded in detecting 65% of the cases were the symptoms of lung cancer in 18 months but at the same time mistakenly classified 35% of the volunteers not infected with cancer patients as the .

The test examines the DNA in lung cells in sputum, and it is known that some genes are discouraged in the lung cancer.

It remains alive for more than five years, only 15% of patients with lung cancer and is due in part to the disease do not show many of the symptoms early and most people are not diagnosed until the cancer has spread in the body.

Plinski said, “because most people are diagnosed with the disease at a time when the cancer reaches an advanced stage, the surgical intervention and chemotherapy, radiation does not benefit them, therefore, the survival rate after diagnosis is only 13 months”

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