{"id":2472,"date":"2016-09-06T03:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T08:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2016-08-29T14:16:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T19:16:39","slug":"national-cancer-institute-advances-research-on-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/06\/national-cancer-institute-advances-research-on-cancer-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"National Cancer Institute Advances Research on Cancer Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2216\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2216\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MG_7359_450-350x219.jpg\" alt=\"Advances In Fighting Cancer\" width=\"200\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MG_7359_450-350x219.jpg 350w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MG_7359_450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Advances In Fighting Cancer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Diagnosing cancer goes far beyond simply confirming its existence. The effectiveness of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\">immunotherapy for cancer<\/a> and other forms of treatment improves greatly with timely and accurate information from high-tech diagnostic tools.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>National Cancer Institute Spearheads Diagnostic Research<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/research\/areas\/diagnosis\">National Cancer Institute<\/a> (NCI) supports development of sophisticated equipment and testing through its Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis. Ongoing programs maintained by the division include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Program for the Assessment of Clinical Cancer Tests (PACCT), which aims to break down barriers that hinder accurate diagnostic testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Strategic Partnering to Evaluate Cancer Signatures (SPECS), which looks for ways to use data from molecular analyses to improve care and treatment of cancer patients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cancer Imaging Program (CIP), which focuses on non-invasive imaging techniques to diagnose cancer along with specific subsets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>Why Diagnostic Procedures are Important<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to identifying the presence and extent of cancer, diagnostic tools are useful throughout the course of a patient&#8217;s treatment. Healthcare teams use them to recognize and classify specific <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/23\/is-your-cancer-genetic-or-just-your-bad-luck\/\">genetic changes<\/a>, determine the best course of treatment, and monitor patients for recurrence of cancer cells.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, as the effectiveness of tools and techniques has increased, so has the number of over-diagnosed tumors that are unlikely to have serious consequences. Researchers are also concentrating on ways to more accurately evaluate the data being provided by diagnostics.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Issels\u00ae is in the Forefront of Modern Diagnostic and Treatment Techniques<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our Issels\u00ae team stays up-to-date on the most advanced diagnostic methods as well as state-of-the-art <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/16\/immunotherapy-for-cancer-is-it-right-for-you\/\">immunotherapy for cancer<\/a> treatments. <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/questionnaire\/request-issels-info.aspx\">Contact us<\/a> today to learn how our personally tailored treatment protocols have helped patients with all forms of cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diagnosing cancer goes far beyond simply confirming its existence. The effectiveness of immunotherapy for cancer and other forms of treatment improves greatly with timely and accurate information from high-tech diagnostic tools. National Cancer Institute Spearheads Diagnostic Research The National Cancer Institute (NCI) supports development of sophisticated equipment and testing through its Division of Cancer Treatment &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/06\/national-cancer-institute-advances-research-on-cancer-diagnosis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National Cancer Institute Advances Research on Cancer Diagnosis<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,203,216,2],"tags":[539,259],"class_list":["post-2472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-research","category-immunotherapy","category-news","tag-cancer-immunotherapy","tag-fighting-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2473,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions\/2473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}