RNA diagnostic test from paraffin improves lung cancer diagnosis over routine microscopic evaluation ( University of North Carolina Health Care ) Scientists at the Universities of North Carolina and Utah have developed a histology expression predictor for the most common types of lung cancer: adenocarcinoma, carcinoid, small cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. This predictor can confirm histologic diagnosis in routinely collected paraffin samples of patients' tumors and can complement ...
July 16, 2013 - EurekAlert!