Interest on cancer blood tests remains on the rise, which investors pitching millions to create them. (techtimes.com)
A new cancer blood test worked better for some types than others, and caught only 43 % of stage 1 cancers. (sciencemag.org)
Their new test, which examines cancer - related DNA and proteins in the blood, yielded a positive result about 70 % of the time across eight common cancer types in more than 1000 patients whose tumors had not yet spread — among the best performances yet for a universal cancer blood test. (sciencemag.org)