new powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

[extropy]

'Quantum hyperpolarisation' is the trick improving (hundreds of times) optic resolution of the present MRI.

It should be possible to spot the tumor (VS, or whatever i.e. lung tumors) at the very beginning, I would say at a molecular scale or, in any case when the tumor volume is < 1 mm^3. 

See this review article (not so easy to understand though)
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/qu...medical-imaging

-serafino (Rome, Italy)

[golfguy49]

That is potentially good news.  Why do I say 'potentially'?  If someone had told me my tumor could have been discovered 10 years ago at 1mm size, I believe I would have only wanted to know that information if they could do something non-invasive and less risky than today's options.  A pill, a laser shot to kill it, whatever...but today's methods all seem to have a pretty big risk no matter how small the tumor.  Don't get me wrong, I am highly thankful we live in an age where these ANs can be identified and dealt with by excellent doctors.  However, earlier identification creates the next logical question - "now, what do we do about it?"  Not sure one should come without the other...its a bit bit like doing genetic testing for cancer.  Women coming from families with long histories of breast cancer can identify with this dilemma.

[golfguy49]

Also, it is estimated that 50-60% of people with ANs die from other causes (some from old age!) without ever knowing they have an AN.  That adds to the dilemma.

[ANSydney]

Better imaging is a great benefit, for many reasons:
1) You can track its growth profile for much longer and see where it heading. Is it growing linearly, slowing down or speeding up.
2) We will finally be able to get precise measurement so that natural history can be determined better. It's still an understudied and controversial area.
3) More people would be in the observation group an smaller sizes warrant less intervention.

BTW, I clicked on the link and it doesn't work. It must be a good article because its from Australia :-)

[extropy]

Right, that link is broken now.
But try these:
https://tinyurl.com/y84ts4vr
https://tinyurl.com/y86hzntu
https://tinyurl.com/y7adtl3g
--serafino (Rome, Italy)