Diagnostic Testing & Technology Report

Cancer research is all about profiling. Journals teem with new gene-expression, protein, and messenger RNA profiles that are associated with certain types of cancer and their outcomes. But testing and clinical management for many cancers still relies largely on anatomy: Where is the tumor? How big is it? Has it spread? As molecular oncology continues moving from bench to bedside, cancer diagnostics are becoming smaller, more accurate, faster, and less dependent on the trained eye of a pathologist.