Case Study of the WeekAbout: News/Events
Genetic tests for treatment growing part of health care field
Pittsburgh Business Times
By Kris B. Mamula
“Marsha Lega was hospitalized with abdominal pain around Christmas two years ago when her doctor gave her some troubling news: a CT scan had identified a walnut-size tumor near her pancreas, ’something you definitely don’t want,’ said the 61-year-old Lega, a stainless steel sculptor. Doctors worried the mass might be pancreatic cancer, which kills about 30,000 people annually, many within six months. But the disease is tough to diagnose, and Lega’s doctors weren’t sure she had cancer.”