How to Better Harmonize Lab Test Results
Unharmonized and unstandardized test results can affect patient care. Here are steps that clinical labs can take to resolve this problem
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Diagnostics Pipeline: FDA Approves Visby Medical’s Over-The-Counter Women’s Sexual Health Test
It’s the first PCR-based sexually transmitted infection test platform for at-home use
Experts Discuss Opportunities and Challenges for NGS
Next-generation sequencing is reshaping how labs detect, understand, and manage disease
Molecular Profiling of Lung Cancer Tumors Feasible on National Scale
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Routine, nationwide molecular profiling of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is feasible and the screening detects actionable alterations that…
Viewpoints Debate Merits of Universal Tumor Sequencing
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
There is universal recognition that genomic information has forever changed oncology care and is increasingly driving treatment decisions. For patients who have exhausted standard therapy or with…
Annual Self-Screening With FIT Effective for Colorectal Cancer Detection
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More Than 1/4 of FDA’s 2015 Drug Approvals for Targeted Therapies
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
More than 28 percent of the novel new drugs approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2015 were…
PSA Testing Patterns Vary By Medical Specialty
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing varies significantly by physician specialty, according to a research letter published online Feb. 8 in…
Testing Trends to Watch for in 2016
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PCT Effective to ID Invasive Bacterial Infection in Febrile Infants
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Simple Patient Info Sheet Not Enough to Dissuade Low-Value Screening
From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Simple, brief, information sheets are unlikely to change patients' intentions to participate in low-value screenings, according to a study published online…