Test that can detect cancer in an early stage

A new blood test could pave the way for cancer detection at an early stage. Disease can be fatal if it is discovered late. Victor Velculescu, one of the researchers. The blood test detects numerous early-stage cancers without drawing a false alarm signal to healthy people. 200 patients previously diagnosed with cancer have undergone research. Specialists have been able to detect colon, breast, lung and stage disease.

The difference between late stage and early-stage disease is over one million lives saved worldwide every year. Velculescu and his team have developed a genetic scan that basically takes a fragment here and one from there and creates a picture of tumor DNA. The discovery of early-stage ovarian cancer is particularly necessary because it means a 90% survival rate. Just Lichtenfeld. To check the safety of the test, the specialists also analyzed the blood of 44 cancer-free volunteers.

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