Study into Use of Breath Analysis to Monitor Lung Cancer Therapy Enhances Clinical Laboratories’ Ability to Support Precision Medicine

Sep 28, 2016 | Instruments & Equipment, Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Testing

A recent study adds to the growing body of research into breath analysis as a diagnostic and treatment-monitoring tool More progress is being made on the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. The newest developments will be of interest to anatomic pathologists who work with lung specimens. A new study suggests it is possible to use breath specimens to monitor the progress of lung cancer patients undergoing therapy. The study was conducted by Inbar Nardi-Agmon, MD, Thoracic Cancer Research...

Severe Shortage of Pathologists Threatens Israel’s Health System—Especially Cancer Testing

May 18, 2011 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Israel currently has about half the pathologists per capita as does the United States Inadequate numbers of pathologists will soon threaten the quality and integrity of clinical pathology laboratory testing in the nation of Israel. That’s the assertion of leading pathologists, who point out that oncology, cancer testing, and molecular diagnostics are likely to be the most threatened by the shortage of experienced pathologists in Israel. There are only 119 pathologists in Israel, most of whom...
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