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DOT Rule Allows Oral-Fluid Specimen Testing for Drugs

It’s been a long time in the works, but the U.S. Department of Transportation has published a final rule that amends the federal regulated industry drug-testing program to include oral fluid specimen ...
Nature

Use and rationale of a multicompartment microcassette for site-specific biopsies of the prostate in a consecutive cohort of men

The collection of prostate biopsies into individual or site-specific specimen containers has not been performed routinely because of concerns of time, cost and lack of additional clinical value. This ...
Nature

Prostate cancer at the peripheral end of a prostate biopsy specimen as assessed by a novel marking technique may indicate increased risk of locally advanced disease

For the diagnosis of prostate cancer (PC), prostate biopsy (PB) represents the gold standard. 1 Together with PSA and digital-rectal examination, the pathology report of the PB provides valuable ...
WHNT

National Drug Screening, Inc. Among First in the Nation to Offer DOT-Compliant Oral Fluid Specimen Collector Training

For 30+ years DOT regulated employers have been required to conduct drug testing using only urine specimens, but Oral fluid drug testing will soon be available. DOT Oral Fluid Drug Testing is soon to ...
Transport Topics

DOT’s Oral Fluid Testing Stalls Due to Lack of Labs, Testers

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] U.S. Department of Transportation drug testing of truck drivers using oral fluid collections was approved more than a year ago, but a ...
MedPage Today

In Advanced Prostate Cancer, Are Genomic Profiles from Liquid Biopsies Accurate?

Inherited genetic factors and somatic gene alterations can affect the prognosis for patients with metastatic prostate cancer. Liquid biopsy was shown to be accurate in detecting short variants and ...