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New test detects residual cancer DNA in the blood without relying on tumor data
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New test detects residual cancer DNA in the blood without relying on tumor data

by  Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer cell during cell division. Credit: National Institutes of Health After patients with cancer undergo surgery to remove a tumor and sometimes additional chemotherapy, tools are used to identify patients at highest risk of recurrence. Non-invasive tools to detect microscopic disease are of especially high value. In a new study published in Clinical Cancer...

Cancer DNA blood tests validated by international research team
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Cancer DNA blood tests validated by international research team

by  Garvan Institute of Medical Research 3D-model of DNA. Credit: Michael Ströck/Wikimedia/ GNU Free Documentation License An international team today reports the findings of an independent assessment of five commercially-available assays for tumor DNA sequencing—a fast, cheap and less invasive method to diagnose and monitor cancer. The researchers revealed that all assays could reliably detect so-called...