pennylane1284 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Personalized Medicine For Lung Cancer More Likely With New Method Of Tissue Banking Analyzing the genes expressed by cancer cells allows for a better understanding of that patient's specific disease and in turn, a more personalized approach to treatment. But obtaining the RNA from a tumor in the lungs in order to conduct the genetic analysis is a challenging prospect. Currently, lung cancer researchers are limited to using RNA extracted from early-stage tumors removed during surgery. The small quantities of tissue extracted during routine diagnostic biopsies have not been useful to researchers, due to their small size and the variety of ways they have been processed.Since oftentimes surgery is not an option in advanced lung cancer, genetic analysis of the tumor is critical, there is a need to obtain good quality RNA samples from tumor tissue taken via biopsy, no matter how the biopsy procedure is conducted. Continue reading: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/195062.php Dentists Torrance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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