December 9, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Tracing the Lineage of Lung Cancer Tumors
By Center for Individualized Medicine 
A diagnostic test based on chromosomal rearrangements can trace the lineage of lung cancer to determine whether two separate lung cancers in the same patient are independent tumors or a tumor that has spread to another region of the lung, a Mayo Clinic study has found. For patients with multiple tumors, that distinction […]
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