Quiet_Dimensions t1_jada58q wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:43 PM

Reply to comment by chrisdh79 in New medical device can detect and analyze cancer cells from blood samples, allowing doctors to avoid invasive biopsy surgeries, and to monitor treatment progress. by chrisdh79

Not a doctor here but if there are circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream isn't that pretty late? Isn't that metastasized?

Scope_Dog t1_jae5jps wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:01 PM

I think they said it detects the waste from certain cells to identify the cancer.

neophlegm t1_jaeqlet wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:17 PM

I feel like they've buried the lede a bit here. Shouldn't this be the headline then? That you can catch them early? I know from relatives that cancer markers in blood are nothing new but getting advance warning like this is a big deal right?

TheAnonFeels t1_jaep2sm wrote on February 28, 2023 at 10:07 PM

>"The new detection technology has 38,400 chambers capable of isolating and classifying the number of metabolically active tumor cells."
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>The SDM can pick out tumor cells through a unique metabolic signature involving waste product lactate.