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When this test has a near 100% success rate, how does it help the patients? Can it really prevent cancer?

• rbobby 9y ago
  > Can it really prevent cancer? No. What this is, is a test to detect cancer. The cool thing is that it should detect various cancers early (even before symptoms are showing). The earlier cancer is detected the sooner a patient can start treatment. And the earlier treatment starts the better the odds of surviving. And as a blood test this could end up being a standard part of an annual checkup. Especially for patients at greater risk (eg. men over N years, smokers, etc).
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