Dear Dr. Roach: I am 85 and healthy apart from polycythemia vera, for which I take aspirin. I was interested in the new blood test for cancer. Is it worthwhile? Dear M.N.: When screening patients for ...

A novel, blood-based test developed using fragmentomic features of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) detects colorectal cancer (CRC) with a 90.4% sensitivity and shows consistent performance across stages and ...

Recent studies in this field have indicated microbial cell-free DNA (mcfDNA) testing as a viable assay capable of identifying pathogens from the bloodstream. However, this technique has not been ...

Researchers from Geneseeq and a network of Chinese academic hospitals have validated a blood test that can detect a broad range of cancers with high accuracy using cell-free DNA. A multi-cancer early ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 85 and healthy apart from polycythemia vera, for which I take aspirin. I was interested in the new blood test for cancer. Is it worthwhile? -- M.N. ANSWER: When screening patients ...

A single blood draw called Galleri, made by GRAIL, is designed to look for cancer signals from more than 50 cancer types ...

A noninvasive blood test to detect genetic material shed by tumors may help clinicians identify adverse events related to treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs, investigators at the Johns ...

Study: Toward the simultaneous detection of multiple diseases with a highly cost-effective cell-free DNA methylome test. Image Credit: 3dMediSphere / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the ...

BOSTON (Feb. 27) – A study in this week's New England Journal of Medicine potentially has significant implications for prenatal testing for major fetal chromosome abnormalities. The study found that ...

Early cancer detection has long been one of medicine’s greatest challenges. Now, a new generation of blood tests is offering ...