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Cancer Diagnosis — It’s in Your Blood

September 23, 2019

The benefits of detecting and treating cancer at early developmental stages have long been observed by clinical oncologists. Colonoscopies as well as other methods for early detection have been estimated to prevent as many as 60% of deaths attributable to colorectal cancer by identifying and removing precancerous growths1. More broadly, patients with early stage cancer […]

Roshan Chikarmane ⋅ Perspectives in Research Cancer, cancerSEEK, diagnostics, early detection ⋅

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A New Blood Test Tries to Detect Cancer Sooner

February 20, 2018

A patient develops symptoms that cannot be explained. The doctor orders a myriad of tests to discern the cause. If cancer is suspected, the patient may go through a painful and sometimes invasive biopsy procedure to sample the tissue in question. But what if a simple blood draw could be used instead? This is the […]

Brittany Avin ⋅ Perspectives in Research Cancer, cancerSEEK ⋅

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