The Sheltering Sky dvdrip A recent study reports that a 4-gene expression ratio test reliably predicts survival of patients diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma.

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the test was developed by Dr. Raphael Bueno from Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr. Bueno and his colleagues found that patients assigned by the test to a “good outcome” group had significantly higher post-surgery survival than the average mesothelioma survival rate, and those assigned to the “poor outcome” group survived significantly less than the average.

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Similar tests are being developed for other cancers including lung, bladder, prostate and breast cancer.

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