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Rich66 · 04-22-2012, 03:24 PM

in addition to Lani's suggestion of bone marrow test, it would be interesting to know whether tumor markers and/or circulating tumor cell tests would be of use in adjuvant scenario. I mean..the utility may be variable in gauging treatment in advanced cancers, but wouldn't presence of CTCs suggest presence of cancer?
Feels like another one of those common sense approaches that gets greeted with "not typically done", only to be "discovered" years later.

04-22-2012, 03:24 PM	#13
Rich66 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South East Wisconsin Posts: 3,431	Re: Is it possible to be cured? in addition to Lani's suggestion of bone marrow test, it would be interesting to know whether tumor markers and/or circulating tumor cell tests would be of use in adjuvant scenario. I mean..the utility may be variable in gauging treatment in advanced cancers, but wouldn't presence of CTCs suggest presence of cancer? Feels like another one of those common sense approaches that gets greeted with "not typically done", only to be "discovered" years later.