A personalized blood test known as a circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) test—which detects tiny fragments of cancer DNA ...

Researchers have modified a unique cancer-loving probiotic bacteria to release a marker that can be detected in the urine after it comes into contact with bowel cancer, even when it's in the early ...

A tumor marker for pancreatic cancer helps healthcare professionals detect, diagnose, or treat it. However, a person can have high tumor marker levels without having cancer. Tumor markers are ...

Research from the University of Cambridge may be able to start a national screening programme for the common cancer ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2024.240105, discusses a high-resolution tumor marker detection based on microwave photonics demodulated dual wavelength fiber laser ...

Scientists have made progress on developing an experimental blood test that could detect many types of cancer in their early stages, and possibly even their locations in the body. Scientists have made ...

Recent research suggests that blood tests may show markers of oral cancer. But a blood test isn’t enough to confirm an oral cancer diagnosis. A biopsy is the only way to confirm it. Blood tests for ...

A team led by investigators at the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute has discovered that a particular marker on tumor ...

Blood tests that promise to spot cancer before symptoms appear are racing toward clinics, pitched as a simple vial of blood that could replace invasive biopsies and catch tumors when they are still ...

Over a 1-year period, the mean number of any individual test per patient was seven tests, and the maximum number was 35 tests; the mean number of total tests per patient was 12 tests, and the maximum ...

In 2022, more than 13,000 people died from ovarian cancer, according to the CDC. A common blood test for ovarian cancer is more likely to fall short for Black and Native American women, according to a ...