CancerSEEK: Generalized screening for multiple cancer types

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Researchers have developed a noninvasive blood test based on combined analysis of DNA and proteins that may allow earlier detection of eight common cancer types. In more than 1,000 patients, their method, dubbed CancerSEEK, detected cancer with a sensitivity of 69 to 98 percent (depending on cancer type).
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news