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Detecting cancer with a blood test: New study shows promise, but questions remain

15:17 EST 19 Jan 2018 | American Cancer Society

A study published this week in Science reports promising results of a blood test designed to detect eight common cancer types by measuring circulating proteins and mutations in cell-free DNA. The study comes from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at … Continue reading

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