jonas wrote:i believe the procedure you mentioned detects cancer through tumor markers in the blood. These are PSA, AFP, CEA, CA19-9,etc. These tumor markers have been around for a long time and many large hospitals can measure them. What you may be referring to is a dedicated machine that can measure all of these tumor markers in one go instead of one by one. For people with no cancer yet and they have this or any blood screening for cancer done, the value would be the early detection of cancer. But a biopsy or other confirmatory procedures (CT, MRI, ultrasound, PET,etc) still has to be done once the blood exam is positive. Surgeons and oncologists need confirmatory tests before operating or giving chemotherapy. It is not enough to know that a person has breast cancer or pancreatic cancer, the actual cancer cells have to be seen through a microscope and the size and location of the actual tumor mass have to be seen in a scan for proper treatment to be given.
Quiel wrote:
Thanks, Jonas
Just spoke with a Dr who's espousing it (along with natural medication). I'm pretty impressed with 99% precision of their detection. If I got it correctly, they call it "protein chip tumor detection" aka "c-12". But yes, extra procedures have to be done in case of positive findings and with the decision to remove the tumor.
troporobo wrote:Can I be listed as a Doctor of Philosophy?!?! Though as my friends often point out, "PhD" really stands for "piled higher and deeper"
stereophile wrote:I'm curious. There are bankers and insurance brokers. Both of whom are vinyl piranhas. I'd like to know how many doctors are members of WS. Another point of interest are their specialties. I'll start the ball rolling...
1. Stereophile- Orthopedics & Hand Surgery, Makati Medical Center & Asian Hospital. 90% analog 10% digital
Quiel wrote:i thought it might be something useful to share (but i hope no else would need it anyway)
i guess this thing (C12) didn't work in my case (1% failure?). the earlier negative findings was refuted by biopsy/lab tests.
no, it's not me -- just someone very close.
quarterback wrote:My eldest son graduated last April and is now a senior intern at the Medical City.
He wants to be a cardiologist. Any recommendation from the WS resident mds what hospital offers good training?
thanks.
jonas wrote:quarterback wrote:My eldest son graduated last April and is now a senior intern at the Medical City.
He wants to be a cardiologist. Any recommendation from the WS resident mds what hospital offers good training?
thanks.
i hope this recommendation would still be useful and maybe the other doctors in WS will correct me if they think Im wrong. For internal medicine residency, i suggest a relatively busy hospital like PGH or UST, then for the cardiology fellowship, I suggest a hospital which does a lot of cardiac bypass, cardiac cath, etc like st lukes, heart center, Makati med.
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