The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a blood test to assess kidney function. The formula for calculating eGFR takes the patient’s body size, age, and sex into account to predict ...

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Now a new test called eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate is capable of assessing the function of the kidneys in a comprehensible manner. The Department of Health has advised that all ...

Current eGFR tests use race as a variable, but NIH-funded research suggests using an alternative biomarker in eGFR would produce non-biased results. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Activating mutations in EGFR are characteristic of patients with ... While this study was designed to test non-inferiority of gefitinib as measured by PFS, it also included a pre-defined threshold ...

An EGFR gene mutation is one of the biomarkers a doctor often tests for after confirming a diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Biomarkers can help guide treatment. EGFR mutations ...

A racially biased test that prevented thousands of Black people from receiving kidney transplants is finally changing. For the past twenty years the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR ...

Proteomics International Laboratories’ PromarkerD blood test has proven to be a step up in predicting chronic kidney disease ...

During a Community Case Forum event in partnership with the Texas Society of Clinical Oncology, Natalie Vokes, MD, discussed ...

The staging of CKD is based on a blood test called an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), which calculates how well ...

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