Inside Precision Medicine October 18, 2024
In the fight against cancer, timely diagnosis is critical, particularly when the disease metastasizes to the central nervous system. One of the most severe complications of such metastasis is leptomeningeal disease (LMD), which occurs when cancer cells invade the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Now, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers are working to significantly shorten the diagnostic turnaround time for LMD via research that aims to develop a rapid, paper-based test to detect cancer cells in CSF the same day patients visit their doctor.
Currently, the detection of LMD is both long and not very accurate. Existing testing methods can require sending CSF samples to laboratories for processing, which can take one...
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