“en”:”>>Narrator: Even though rehab can be a challenge, Robin Skinner is glad to be here. She had part of a lung removed because of cancer – which was discovered, purely by chance, during a routine exam. >>Robin Skinner: Cancer did run in the family, but I wasnu00d5t expecting it. I had no symptoms to know that I had cancer.rr>>Narrator: Thatu00d5s not uncommon. Many patients donu00d5t realize they have lung cancer until itu00d5s advanced. But the key to survival is finding it and removing it early. r>>Carlo Croce MD: The probability of cure, by removing the tumor from the lung of the patient, is very, very high. Otherwise, the probability of cure is very low.
r>>Narrator: Right now, the best way to find lung tumors is with a spiral C-T scan. But those are often prescribed only after there are signs of trouble. But the research of doctor Carlo Croce and his team at Ohio Stateu00d5s James Cancer Hospital could lead to a new approach – one that uses a simple blood test. They followed more than a thousand smokers and discovered that, in just a few drops of blood, they could detect signs of lung cancer in some patients a full 2 years before they were visible on a scan. But thatu00d5s not all they found. >>Carlo Croce MD: With this method we can determine that a tumor is developing, before a spiral CT, but we have also an indication of how bad that small tumor is.
>>Narrator: Knowing how aggressive a tumor might be, could soon allow doctors to be more aggressive with their treatments – all thanks to a simple… sample of blood. At Ohio Sateu00d5s James Cancer Hospital, this is Clark Powell reporting.. “
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Blood Test Finds Lung Cancer 2 Years Before Scans
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