Science   /     Research Finds 71 Percent Of Tumors Misidentified In Children With Rare Cancer

Description

The standard thing to do when a child is treated for brain cancer is to put some of the tumor cells under a microscope, and see what kind of cancer it is. But new research led by Dr. Jim Olson of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children’s compared that type of diagnosis with results of genetic testing of the same tumors and found that 71 percent were actually another type altogether.

Subtitle
The standard thing to do when a child is treated for brain cancer is to put some of the tumor cells under a microscope, and see what kind of cancer it is. But new research led by Dr. Jim Olson of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle
Duration
70
Publishing date
2018-10-25 12:00
Link
http://www.knkx.org/post/research-finds-71-percent-tumors-misidentified-children-rare-cancer
Contributors
  Gabriel Spitzer
author  
Enclosures
https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kplu/audio/2018/10/tumor_genetics_wrap_web.mp3
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