Advances in Chemosensitivity testing
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Matching the drug to the bug. We do it for people with urinary tract infections: culture and sensitivity. Why not determine the […]
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Laboratory Testing
“Never treat the lab results. Treat the patient.”
Innovative labs – tomorrow’s medicine today.”
Screening test for cancer – on the horizon.
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: This new screening test might be worth discussing with your oncologist. http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/researchers-explore-blood-test-to-detect-early-breast-cancer-201210035359?utm_source=HEALTHbeat&utm_medium=email&utm_content=body2b&utm_campaign=HB100412&j=29609466&e=ggordon@gordonresearch.com&l=16278673_HTML&u=344024694&mid=148797&jb=0 from Harvard Health Publications Harvard Medical School Researchers explore
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Medical Imaging and Cancer
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: “Oops” is an understatement. All radiologists and oncologist need to remember their primary vow as doctors: Primum non Nocere” “First
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For your prostate: HIFU being accepted in USA
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: … but only just now, 10 years after the patients at the Weeks Clinic have been referred to practitioners using HIFU
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Breast pain? Hold off on imaging. Breast lump? Consider sonocine.
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: If you feel a lump, do NOT ignore this. See your doctor right away. Remember that many things aside from cancer cause
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Innovations in Breast Cancer
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: prevention is wiser than treatment. Early warning systems are very valuable. Here is one in the works to keep you eye on.
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Urine test instead of prostate biopsies??
DR. WEEKS’ COMMENT: If this proves to have merit, this will be an excellent piece of science! FDA Approves Urine Test for Repeat Prostate
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PET CT better image than CAT or MRI or CXR for cancer
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: I am always surprised and disappointed when an oncologist recommends a CT scan or MRI for assessing cancer since a PET CT
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Blood tests instead of biopsy for cancer?
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: this is the future of oncology. It can’t come too soon! New ‘Biopsy in a Blood Test’ to Detect Cancer
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EFGR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor) and prostate cancer prognosis
Dr. Weeks’ Comment: Any oncologist will tell you that while the PSA (prostate specific antigen test) is meaningless and often fatally misleading, it is the
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