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...test is in early stages of development and will take at least five years to be ready for public use, Kassis said, although limited availability is possible in two years...
...We’ve been working on this test for two years now, and results from testing on laboratory mice have been very encouraging,” said Pichumani Balagurumoorthy, a research fellow in Kassis’ lab. While testing with human subjects has only just begun, Balagurumoorthy said, the first few of such tests have corroborated earlier findings...
Kassis’ test looks to circulating tumor cells—any tumor, no matter how small, sheds tumor cells into the bloodstream. These cells typically die on their own, and are cleaned up by phagocytes—a type of white blood cell. The test examines whether markers of ingested tumor cells are detectable in the patient’s phagocytes. The results are then compared to an non-phagocytic white blood cells, such as lymphocytes. Kassis said that he conceived of this approach due to his background in immunology. While this field is typically far removed from radiology...
...reaction was simply fabulous,” he said. “When you present an idea, people usually come to you with problems and objections. But when we showed them this test, everyone said, “this makes sense”. They were floored by its logical simplicity...
Adelstein added that potential uses of the test include testing for cancer in patients who have previously suffered from...