#Biopsy

Buku Haematology 🅰️➕

BukuHaematology

Lymphoma (especially high grade lymphoma) is very responsive to steroids - for this reason, in any patient with suspected lymphoma, avoid steroids where possible as this reduces sensitivity of PET-CT

Simon Barnett

sbarnettARK

Today, Personalis launched its NeXT Liquid Biopsy. Here's why an exome-wide, cancer evolution-tracking liquid biopsy is both (a) novel and (b) needed:(1/n) (2/n)Cancer is a dynamic disease. It's a microcosm

anjiiee ❄🌲

povkdramas

This is the second time Songhwa surprised them with a news about her. First was when she did a core biopsy test. And I realized that their characters are really

Ryan Reeves

investing_city

Genomics Thread #6Let's talk about liquid biopsies... 1/ A liquid biopsy is usually a blood-based test that can detect cancer. How?By detecting either CTC (circulating tumor cells) or ctDNA (circulating

Victor Tong Jr.

victortongjr

Early detection of cancer is now one step closer to reality!#Cirina #GRAIL #DetectCancerEarly #CancerDetection https://www.wsj.com/articles/sequencing-firm-illumina-to-pay-7-1-billion-for-liquid-biopsy-firm-grail-11600682402 On September 20

Cian Carroll

CianByNature

Wasn’t sure how to post this in the most readable way possible but this is a thread about the summer my auld fella, out of nowhere, had a pretty scary

Investing Panda

investing_panda

Cool innovation in cancer screening: liquid biopsySignals (methylation status) from blood samples + DNA sequencinghttps://www.wsj.com/articles/cancer-screening-leaps-forward-11593973586$ILMN $GH #Grail ARK on DNA methylation: similar to bol

Ruth Parry

CACEnotes

Making a call - in fact any - call to a patient or relative who is currently waiting for news of unwell loved one or of test results, such as

S Kadir

shanilkadir

EUS-Liver biopsy: Still early stages. Small gauge needle causes fragmentation. What do you do @HELPatologist @DrHasan_Orlando @tberzin @ChahalPrabhleen @GWebster_endo @allie_schulman @drmwjames @NEndoscopy https://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-356

Brett Winton

wintonARK

there are all kinds of interesting puzzles buried in the grail blood test cancer diagnostic paper A reasonable solution to most of them:There is a lot more signal in DNA

theRadiologist

radiologistpage

If Donald Trump was a radiologist (thread) When you use the word ‘innumerable’ in your report When the junior doctor walks in and ‘orders’ a scan When you do a

Philippe Stephenson, MD

PhilippeCytoMD

Does #PathTwitter have trolls? Looking for my niche. E.g., asking "Does it stain for vimentin?" E.g., "ASCUS"https://twitter.com/MauroSaieg/status/1275055699110887424 E.g., asking any cytopathologist with a beautiful cas

Reclaim Truth

ReclaimTruth

This is a brilliant thread on the #ChineseCoronaVirus and its treatment but let me share some information regarding its construction and views of American researchers as I received few days

Alex Haagaard (they/them)

alexhaagaard

[vaccine talk]I’ve got the exact blood disorder that seems to increase risk for a clotting complication with the AZ and J&J vaccines.I’ve also had to decline medical procedures before, when

Sanjay Mukhopadhyay

smlungpathguy

O Brave and Wise, teach me how to correlate these lung biopsy findings with clinical findings. Germinal center (pattern?) + vasculitis (uh...pattern?) + NSIP (pattern!) = ? Clinical correlation recommended?

Shomini Sen

shominisen

I have so much to write that I don't know where to start. The past 2 weeks have just been spent making calls, doing rounds of hospitals to figure out