GLG News by FullTerm Fibronectin (fFN) Test Users (US)

Diagnostic uncertainty in metastatic cancer as to the site of origin remains a problem in medicine today, albeit a slowly shrinking one. Immunohistochemistry using monoclonal antibodies from a host of makers will remain the mainstay in defining the site of origin, but it's proper use depends on accurate...

Evista sales may improve due to the FDA approval for both prevention of invasive breast cancer and osteoporosis but the increase is likely to be very modest.  It has advantages over tamoxifen in that Evista does not cause endometrial hyperplasia or cancer of the uterus, however it still carries...

Delay in diagnosis due to an inability to obtain sufficient diagnostic material from the first procedure attempted costs patients, hospitals and insurers, as progressively more invasive (and expensive) modalities are undertaken to determine the nature of a lesion. This randomized trial verifying the...

This announcement opens a larger door on genetic risk, and probable pathogenesis of one of the world's most common cancers, post-menopausal breast cancer. The researchers identified a marker gene FGFR2 with a dose-related risk for developing breast cancer. FGFR appears to be a tyrosine kinase, a type...

PCR is now adaptable to table-top operation by low-technical operators. This vastly expands the array of settings where its highly sensitive detection capability can be applied. The rapid results from real-time PCR can thus detect health risks to the food supply long before they are distributed.    ...

PCR is now adaptable to table-top operation by low-technical operators. This vastly expands the array of settings where its highly sensitive detection capability can be applied. The rapid results from real-time PCR can thus detect health risks to the food supply long before they are distributed.    ...

Cryosurgical options appear to offer lower morbidity options to patients with certain types of prostate cancer. This change in the risk profile of treatment will shift many cases from traditional surgery and radiation therapy, and also shift some cases from "watchful waiting" to treat.

PCR is now adaptable to table-top operation by low-technical operators. This vastly expands the array of settings where its highly sensitive detection capability can be applied. The rapid results from real-time PCR can thus detect health risks to the food supply long before they are distributed.    ...

This article describes a novel device with HUGE potential in modern obstetrics.  The premise is that patterns in the heartrate of unborn babies can predict which will be at risk for stillbirth.  The concept represents an assumption that sometime between being normal and becoming stillborn,...

1) The article's claim of the new device's ability to monitor fetal heart rates is both believable and likely to be true.2) The article's claim that this will improve outcomes is both unproven and, in my opinion, unlikely.