Cancer Diagnosis In 20 Minutes
(Najamuddin Ghanghro, Karachi (Original from Larkana))
Cancer Diagnosis In 20 Minutes
Is Three Years Away From Use In Medicine.
A new device that diagnoses cancer in just 20 minutes is three years away from
use in medicine......
In three years, patients will be given a cancer diagnosis while they wait at
their GP's office - and most likely, their Dr will know immediately what drug is
required to treat it.
A device that diagnoses cancer in just 20 minutes is being manufactured as part
of a partnership between Newcastle University, Sheffield University and
biotechnology company QuantuMDx Group. The private firm specialises in
developing low cost, hand-held diagnostic devices like the one invented by the
partnership.
It will be the world's first 'tumour profiler' and will allow medical staff to
identify all known types of cancer while a patient waits. It will also determine
gauge the correct drug to prescribe cancer sufferers. The change will cut weeks
off patient waiting times and will boost the efficacy of cancer treatments.
It will also enable surgeons to immediately remove most, if not all of the
tumour and oncologists will be able to prescribe the right treatment according
to the type of cancer and what stage it has reached.
QuantuMDx’s Medical Director Professor Sir John Burn who is also Professor of
Clinical Genetics at Newcastle University, said: “We have a world-leading
position to deliver complex DNA tumour testing to the routine pathology lab or
even to the operating theatre.
This is a low-cost device requiring no technical expertise which will extract,
amplify and analyse tumour DNA to make sure the patient gets the right treatment
first time and without delay.
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