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New Blood Test Can Detect 50 Types of Cancer with 75% Accuracy: Shocking Results from Recent Trials

HARIANHALUAN.COM A simple blood test that can detect 50 types of cancer has yielded some “shocking results” in recent trials.

This latest trial involves taking a single blood sample from people who have visited a doctor with suspected cancer because of symptoms such as unexpected weight loss and pain.

Out of 5,461 participants, the test detected cancer signals in 323 people, of which 244 were later diagnosed with cancer.

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This means that the test has a positive predictive accuracy of 75 percent. The test also ruled out cancer in people who showed symptoms with an accuracy of over 97 percent.







These results come from the SYMPLIFY study led by the University of Oxford in England and healthcare company GRAIL, with support from the UK’s National Health Service.

The researchers will present their work at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago on Saturday, June 3, 2023.

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Known as the Galleris test, this test looks for DNA fragments that have been released by the tumor into the bloodstream.

Using next-generation sequencing and machine learning algorithms, this test detects abnormalities in DNA methylation patterns that can indicate the presence of cancer.

More importantly, this method can even determine where the cancer may be localized in the body.

Some tumors release DNA into the blood long before people begin to notice symptoms, which has important implications for early detection of cancer.

Altogether, the test can detect signals from more than 50 types of cancer, including some of the cancers with the highest mortality rates such as lung cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, and prostate cancer.

In this latest trial, the test was able to locate the origin of the cancer in 85 percent of positive cases.

2023-06-04 09:44:00
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