A digital technology that can 'see' the tumor cells one by one, to analyze genes and mutations without interference and so find appropriate treatment for each patient.
This result is achieved by two Italian researchers, published in Scientific Reports, Nature magazine group.
"Digital biopsy" is able to scan units were tumor as pixels, facing their
characteristics with those of healthy cells.
Method
In this way, scientists say can dixhitalizohen tumor cells in a sample, to be analyzed one by one are isolated as a homogeneous group. "Very often, about one patient 6, the percentage of tumor cells present in a biopsy sample is too low to have a reliable estimate of the genetic characteristics of the tumor. But it is a necessary condition for choosing therapy, "said Nicolo Manaresi, coordinator of the study.