Blood Test For Cancer Developed, Lehigh University Reveals
When it comes to cancer, early detection can be the difference between life and death.
Many people, however, don't find out they have cancer until they experience symptoms, and by then it's all the harder to beat.
It's an unfortunate chronology that Lehigh University Professor Yaling Liu hopes to reverse with the development of a low-cost, easy-to-use cancer test that eventually could be sold over the counter for at-home use. Imagine something like a pregnancy test — except it would screen blood for circulating tumor cells, the telltale sign of some of the deadliest diseases, including lung, cervical, breast and colon cancers.
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Many people, however, don't find out they have cancer until they experience symptoms, and by then it's all the harder to beat.
It's an unfortunate chronology that Lehigh University Professor Yaling Liu hopes to reverse with the development of a low-cost, easy-to-use cancer test that eventually could be sold over the counter for at-home use. Imagine something like a pregnancy test — except it would screen blood for circulating tumor cells, the telltale sign of some of the deadliest diseases, including lung, cervical, breast and colon cancers.
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