QM -MSP在21例已知为阳性癌症样本中确认出15个，将癌症检出率双倍提高到71%。
QM-MSP doubled the cancer detection rate to 71 percent by spotting 15 of 21 samples known positive for cancer.
《家庭医疗年报》5/6 月刊发表了一项研究，专家们说，常规癌症筛查的假阳性结果会引起过度焦虑，有时导致不必要的活组织检查或者治疗。
False-positive results from routine cancer screening can cause undue worry and in some cases lead to unnecessary biopsies or treatments, experts note.
史密斯说：“大多数人认为癌症的早期发现比假阳性更重要。”
"Most people place a higher priority on finding cancer early than preventing false-positives. I think the public often understands that false-positives happen," said Smith.
PET扫描对于癌症治疗后也有帮助，用它可以区分出留下的肿块是阳性肿瘤还是仅仅是死掉的组织或者是伤疤组织。
PET scans can also be helpful after treatment for a cancer, to sort out whether the remaining lump is active cancer or is just dead or scar tissue.
研究者们研究被用来治疗HER2阳性乳腺癌症的药物赫赛汀。
The researchers then looked at the drug Herceptin, which is used to treat HER2-positive breast cancer.
如果它们是阴性的，这并不表示不是癌症，但是至少现在我们能得出阳性诊断。
If they are negative it does not mean it is not a cancer but at least now we can make a positive diagnosis.
他们发现赫赛汀减少HER 2阳性乳腺癌症细胞系数量的80%，降至与her 2阴性细胞系相同的水平。
They found Herceptin reduced the number of cancer stem cells in the HER2-positive breast cancer cell lines by 80 percent, dropping it to the same levels seen in HER2-negative cell lines.
Gillison博士说，这些头颈部癌症患者不仅是在HPV阳性和阴性的不同，而且在显微镜下它们的表现也不一样。
Not only are the patient populations different in HPV-positive and HPV-negative head and neck cancer, but the tumors look different under a microscope, Gillison said.
“我们知道HRT会使得雌激素受体阳性的癌症发病率增加，”他说，“因此雌激素像影响乳腺癌一样影响卵巢癌就不显得奇怪了。”
"We know that estrogen-positive cancers tend to increase when HRT is used, " he said. "It would therefore not be surprising if the drugs were playing a role in ovarian as well as breast cancer.
此外，发现用于治疗HER 2阳性乳腺癌的药物赫赛汀，能够靶向和摧毁癌症干细胞。
Further, the drug Herceptin, which is used to treat HER2-positive breast cancer, was found to target and destroy the cancer stem cells.
关系到2.5千万HIV阳性非洲人服用的一种癌症药物引发印度最高法院判决案？
What has an Indian high court case about a cancer drug got to do with 25 million HIV-positive Africans?
关系到2.5千万HIV阳性非洲人服用的一种癌症药物引发印度最高法院判决案？
What has an Indian high court case about a cancer drug got to do with 25 million HIV-positive Africans?
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