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> other ways to detect this much earlier in the process It is detected very easily, if you are lucky enough to have a checkup that coincides with the window of
by gammateam 8y ago
> other ways to detect this much earlier in the process
It is detected very easily, if you are lucky enough to have a checkup that coincides with the window of it being fairly benign
The unfortunate thing is that nobody knows how fast the cancer even grows. So even if you were paranoid and had checkups every 3 months for the rest of your life, you could still miss it before Stage IV.
For what you describe, this cancer would require something like nanomachines in the blood stream that detect and report the most minute composition changes.
- ljw1001 8y agoActually there is a lot of evidence that it is extremely slow growing. Something like 15 years from onset to metastasis. There’s some hope that a genomic cancer screen like Grail is pursuing will help.
- gammateam 8y agoCan you provide more info or sources about both of those? I'd like to be able to follow things in this area without starting from scratch