4 ms·
A Step Toward a Universal Cancer Blood Test
- gte910h 14y agoI don't think a blood test alone it good enough. By the time cancer is getting close to/effecting blood, you're pretty far along for some cancers.
- michael_michael 14y agoThis is not just about cancers that affect the blood. From the article: By sequencing the abnormal DNA that a tumor releases into a person’s bloodstream, researchers are now one step closer to a universal cancer test. Although the technique is now only sensitive enough to detect advanced cancers, that may be a matter of money: As sequencing costs decrease, the developers of the method say, the test could eventually pick up early tumors as well.
- gte910h 14y ago>By sequencing the abnormal DNA that a tumor releases into a person’s bloodstream. I didn't say just ones that effect the blood. Getting to a blood supply is pretty bad too, makes it so the tumor can grow more. Many non-blood cancers can spread via the blood, which is also very bad.