The last week in April is set aside worldwide to commemorate ‘world vaccination week’. At the mention of the word ‘vaccine’, I immediately begin to think of vaccine-preventable childhood diseases. I am pretty certain that most of us have memories of being vaccinated in school or have seen children being vaccinated. We rarely think of […]
You want to give the best treatment to your client/patient diagnosed with lung cancer but you are at sea concerning how to go about it. Read on to find out more. Targeted therapies guided by molecular diagnostics have become a standard treatment of lung cancer. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations and anaplastic lymphoma kinase […]
Hormone receptor profiling is necessary for breast cancer treatment. Just as no two people are exactly alike, no two breast cancers are exactly the same, either. The pathology report contains certain pertinent information including: Non-invasive or Invasive breast cancer Histologic type and Cell grade Size Surgical margins Lymphatic or vascular system invasion Lymph node involvement […]