Every type of cancer is unique depending on which cells are affected, how it spreads, and what causes it to arise in the first place. That has been the basic understanding that has marked cancer as an overarching concept for a variety of uniquely different diseases and so each cancer required its own diagnostic mechanism and treatment regimen. Researchers at University of Bradford have now come up with a new test that may be able to spot the presence of just about any cancer in a sample of a patient’s blood. Unlike many other tests that spot anatomical changes, identify specific biomarkers, or filter out circulating tumor cells, the new technique relies on damaging DNA taken from blood samples.
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