“Poorly-Developed” Clinical Pathology Laboratory Tests Subject of New York Times Story

Jun 11, 2010 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Times reporter looks at issues affecting accuracy of different breast cancer tests Pathologists should consider a recent story about breast cancer testing in the New York Times to be a warning flag, similar to the warning flags that the Coast Guard flies along the coast to warn of an approaching hurricane. The subject of the story was “unclear tests” used to identify whether a breast cancer patient is a candidate for certain therapeutic drugs. The New York Times story was in response to the...
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