The Liquid Biopsy Procedure for Getting a Better Look into Cancer progression and Metastasis with Michael Dugan, MD
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Can we finally get a look into a tumor with cerebrospinal fluid? Using CNSide, Biocept may have found the answer.
Press play to learn:
- How the fluid is concentrated for examination
- The validity of the metastatic chain
- Where the process can work most effectively
Michael Dugan, MD, Biocept's Senior Vice President, shares his work using new technology to better look into cancer tumors and metastasis.
Previous iterations of biopsies for tumors in the body are highly invasive and difficult to perform. However, with the new technology of CNSide, the implementation of cerebrospinal fluid can make the process much easier.
With a better look into the tumors, a more targeted approach can be used for patient treatment. Additionally, since it can be easier to get a cell count, treatment efficacy can be more effectively gauged along the way.
Visit biocept.com/cnside-assay/ to learn more!
Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C
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| 0:00.0 | Forget frequently asked questions, common sense, common knowledge, or Google, how about advice from a real genius? |
| 0:07.0 | 95% of people in any profession are good enough to be qualified in license, 5%, go above and beyond. |
| 0:13.0 | They become very good at what they do, but only 0.1% are real geniuses. |
| 0:18.0 | Richard Jacobs has made it his life's mission to find them. |
| 0:22.0 | For you, he hunts down and interviews geniuses in every field. |
| 0:25.0 | The sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more. |
| 0:29.0 | Here come the geniuses. This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | But Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:37.0 | Before we begin, a note from our sponsor. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Richard Jacobs, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Finding Genius Foundation, |
| 0:44.0 | and host of the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:46.0 | In late 2016, I was rear-ended at 65 miles an hour by a truck on the highway, |
| 0:52.0 | which sent me off-road into a ditch. |
| 0:54.0 | The impact of the collision gave me a concussion and other injuries. |
| 0:58.0 | At the hospital, a CT scan showed that I had thyroid nodules, which turned out to be cancer. |
| 1:03.0 | It was then, when I had a biopsy my neck, that I realized, even if I was a million there, |
| 1:08.0 | I wouldn't want a second or a third biopsy due to the pain and the invasiveness of it, |
| 1:12.0 | and appointments at that time for thyroid experts were three to six months out, |
| 1:16.0 | and I was worried about dying now, even if that was irrational. |
| 1:19.0 | So because of this, I've decided to raise money to conduct a literature review on steroids, |
| 1:24.0 | on the causes of anxiety and depression. |
| 1:27.0 | A condition that affects well over 50 million people in the United States, |
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