tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post6210417365252304928..comments2023-04-05T07:15:55.751-07:00Comments on CCLCM Student Blog: Facing Fears of Contaminated BloodCCLCM Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00684828641910166209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-28727579289504473132009-07-19T14:40:53.405-07:002009-07-19T14:40:53.405-07:00In response to your first question, I would argue ...In response to your first question, I would argue there is no doubt that our current methods of screening for ovarian cancer are ineffective. That's why I thought it was a loaded debate. Screening high risk women is no better than doing nothing at all.<br /><br />In response to your second question, of course we have no way of knowing that an effective method to screen for ovarian cancer won't be developed in the future. But unfortunately, no such test exists at the present time. It's tough to have a debate about using a test that as yet is nonexistent!<br /><br />Regarding your third question, I have no idea. I'm not an ovarian cancer biologist.<br /><br />Regarding your fourth question, now you're totally out of my league. I know nothing about receptors for ovarian cancer cells, let alone nanoparticles that can bind to them.<br /><br />Based on all of these strange and yet leading questions, I assume that you are involved with some kind of research to try to develop nanoparticles that can be used as a screening test for ovarian cancer. If so, I wish you all the luck, because it's sorely needed.CCLCM Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684828641910166209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-48105902446942280892009-07-15T01:19:38.424-07:002009-07-15T01:19:38.424-07:00"screening is known to be ineffective for pre..."screening is known to be ineffective for preventing ovarian cancer"<br /><br />Aye, this is true.<br />However, the act of screening it self, that screening which is known, how are we to know that it is sufficient for detecting ovarian cancer in the first place?<br />How do we know that we cannot detected with a different screening technology which has not yet been developed?<br /><br />Do ovarian cancer types truly display no unique chemical identifiers that we could trace in the blood?<br />And do they truly have no unique receptor sites which we could target with functionalized nano particle that would allow easy detection?KyleNxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17743777611764026670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-56481756089726594812009-06-23T21:30:12.268-07:002009-06-23T21:30:12.268-07:00Sorry, I have no idea. They don't teach it to...Sorry, I have no idea. They don't teach it to third year medical students, at any rate.CCLCM Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684828641910166209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648376.post-32366355285638016182009-06-23T20:20:41.579-07:002009-06-23T20:20:41.579-07:00Just curious but does your hospital do/teach ultr...Just curious but does your hospital do/teach ultrasound guided peripheral IV placement? Either by MD or by nursing staff?Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04504364462790313040noreply@blogger.com