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Now Here's a Problem the War on Cancer Didn't Predict

Jun 03, 2008

The New York Times reports on concerns in the biomedical community about what to do as our ability to detect tumors improves -- to the point where even the slightest number of cancerous cells will send up the alarm. As genomic tests advance, sensitivity will only increase -- but what does that mean for patients who may be treated for cancer when really they're quite healthy? From the article:

"We can pick up things that we could never pick up before," said Dr. Minetta Liu, an oncologist at the Georgetown University Medical Center. "But do we need to pick them up?"

 

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