From weeks to hours - the rapid new test transforming brain tumour diagnosis
Here it is done while we are still operating."Diagnosing the type of tumour while the patient is still on the operating table could impact how surgeons operate. Smith explained: "For some tumour types, which are curable, surgery needs to be as radical as possible to remove every last bit of tumour that we can find. The samples are prepared for loading into a shoebox-sized sequencing machine made by Oxford Nanopore, which uses specialist software developed at the University of Nottingham, in partnership with hospital clinicians.
- ▪Here it is done while we are still operating."Diagnosing the type of tumour while the patient is still on the operating table could impact how surgeons operate.
- ▪Smith explained: "For some tumour types, which are curable, surgery needs to be as radical as possible to remove every last bit of tumour that we can find.
- ▪The samples are prepared for loading into a shoebox-sized sequencing machine made by Oxford Nanopore, which uses specialist software developed at the University of Nottingham, in partnership with hospital clinicians.
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From weeks to hours - the rapid new test transforming brain tumour diagnosisImage caption, The test means patients can be diagnosed within hours rather than weeks, like Steve Palmer whose case the BBC followedByFergus WalshMedical editorPublished25 minutes agoA rapid new test for brain tumours that the NHS has started using can slash the time it takes for an accurate diagnosis from up to eight weeks to two hours. The test, which is used by doctors to diagnose which type of tumour a patient has, should mean patients can start treatment including radiotherapy and chemotherapy sooner, and are spared weeks of uncertainty.Steve Palmer, 55, from Nottingham, is among those to benefit from the new technology - and it meant surgeons were able to get his result while they were still operating to…
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