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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Latest breakthrough in cancer treatment

A team of scientists from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore have developed a new technique for detecting the effectiveness of cancer treatment.

The latest technique is called as personalised analysis of rearranged ends which employs blood tests.
The principal behind the test is the detection of fingerprint DNA which are shed by the tumour cells.If these cells are derected after a successful chemotherapy,surgical removal,radiotherapy,it indicates the recurrence of cancer.This tecnique can be employed to detect the recurrence much before the conventional scans.
The major drawback is the high cost which will hopefully come down affordable to a common man
This tecnique is likely to emerge as a new technique within 5 years.

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