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November 11, 2019November 11, 2019

Blood Test May Identify Breast Cancer Years Before Symptoms Appear, Pilot Study Suggests

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A simple blood test – which measures antibodies against certain tumor proteins, or antigens — may identify breast cancer up to five years before clinical signs of cancer are evident, ... Read more

March 12, 2018March 12, 2018

New Blood Test Quickly Predicts Ibrance Treatment Response in Breast Cancer Patients, Study Shows

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A new blood test could predict how a patient will respond to metastatic breast cancer medication Ibrance (palbociclib) months earlier than current approaches, a U.K. study suggests. Research shows the ... Read more

March 13, 2017

Cancer Cell Component Finding Could Lead to Diagnostic Blood Test

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Examining tiny components known as vesicles that cancer cells release into the bloodstream could lead to a simple blood test for cancer, according to a study. Such a test could ... Read more

October 11, 2016

Blood Test for Breast Cancer Possible by Looking at Isotopes, Study Reports

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Detecting and monitoring breast cancer may one day be performed through a simple blood test, a new study suggests, showing that measuring naturally occurring carbon and nitrogen isotopes can help to reveal ... Read more

September 14, 2016September 14, 2016

Quick, Less Invasive Blood Test May Detect Breast Cancer Earlier

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Researchers are developing a fast, simple, and less invasive test based on blood samples to detect breast cancer, disease progression, or relapse much earlier than currently used methods, such as ... Read more

April 21, 2015April 21, 2015

Danish Researchers Develop New Blood Test Able to Predict Future Breast Cancer

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Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women in both less developed and developed countries, according to the World Health Organization. Now, scientists at the University of Copenhagen developed ... Read more

September 16, 2014September 16, 2014

OncoCyte Develops Blood Test for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

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The importance of detecting breast cancer very early on cannot be emphasized enough. Thousands of lives have been saved thanks to early screening tests for this common yet highly fatal type ... Read more