Their makers claim they can detect dozens of cancer types — but some scientists say they could be missing many cancers or ...
A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early – sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body for dozens of different can ...
New FDA-approved screening options make colorectal cancer detection easier than ever, with 91% survival rates when caught ...
Liquid biopsies have transformed cancer testing. These tests detect signs of cancer using a simple blood draw instead of removing tissue from the body. Traditional biopsies involve surgery, needles, ...
Jack Welter didn’t feel sick when he agreed to take a new blood test that looks for multiple types of cancer. But, approaching 60, he thought it couldn’t hurt. To his surprise, the test came back ...
Cancer screening is at a turning point. For decades, most tests focused on one form of the disease — like mammograms for breast cancer or colonoscopies for colorectal cancer — but new advances have ...
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. A new blood test offers an easier screening option for Tennesseans.
A new blood test could improve survival rates for pancreatic cancer – a disease which often tends to be diagnosed at later stages when treatment is less likely to be effective. Pancreatic cancer is ...
A new blood test detected early-stage pancreatic cancer with 87.5% accuracy in a study of 672 people. A new blood test that ...
At the very moment there’s a dramatic rise in cancer rates in young people, there’s also a dramatic rise in ads, social media and conversations about new blood tests and scans that claim to catch ...
Early detection tests are already on the market, but without FDA approval or proof they reduce deaths some doctors urge ...