A new test can help detect cancer quicker.

timreichhart
timreichhart Member Posts: 194
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
some good news to us cancer patients and future people who come down with cancer. News comes from yahoo. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_med_cancer_blood_test

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  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #2
    Hi Tim
    I hope this can replace all the PET and MRI’s I have to do ever year as MD Anderson is one of the 4 starting to use it this year.

    Thanks for the info
  • timreichhart
    timreichhart Member Posts: 194
    #3
    Hondo said:

    Hi Tim
    I hope this can replace all the PET and MRI’s I have to do ever year as MD Anderson is one of the 4 starting to use it this year.

    Thanks for the info

    Hondo
    Well I have to get PET scans every 6-8 months for the next 3 years what my chemo doctor said and I hope this test replaces the PET scans and MRI's.
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #4
    timreichhart said:

    Hondo
    Well I have to get PET scans every 6-8 months for the next 3 years what my chemo doctor said and I hope this test replaces the PET scans and MRI's.

    Hi Tim
    This was on the news today here in Lafayette LA, what a great thing for people with cancer, instead of waiting months for a PET or MRI they can do blood work and see if the Cancer is still there or not.

    I would sure prefer it over a PET or MRI
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    #5
    Hondo said:

    Hi Tim
    This was on the news today here in Lafayette LA, what a great thing for people with cancer, instead of waiting months for a PET or MRI they can do blood work and see if the Cancer is still there or not.

    I would sure prefer it over a PET or MRI

    Thanks for posting can't
    Thanks for posting can't wait to read the article.
  • ratface
    ratface Member Posts: 1,337 Member
    #6
    sweetblood22 said:

    Thanks for posting can't
    Thanks for posting can't wait to read the article.

    Scares me a little?
    Is it possible they can get too good at finding this stuff? Would you always rather know?
  • rozaroo
    rozaroo Member Posts: 665
    #7
    ratface said:

    Scares me a little?
    Is it possible they can get too good at finding this stuff? Would you always rather know?

    New Test
    It was on the new's here today! Of course they are being reserved about it. We definitly
    could use it here as we have no Pet/Ct scan's available. My Dr has authoriized me to
    go to Montreal to a private clinic at my cost. $2400 but well worth it as it is not covered
    by OHIP or private insurance. It would definitly help us Northerner's out.
  • luv4lacrosse
    luv4lacrosse Member Posts: 1,410 Member
    #8
    CANCER TEST
    I heard Massachussets General is taking the lead and the facility I am being treated at is one of the four. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes Jewish Medical Center, Washington University in St. Louis School of medicine.

    Has anyone hear the same???

    Mike

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