How close are blood tests for cancer to widespread deployment for screening? Elizabeth Tracey reports

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Simply analyzing a blood test to screen for cancer is becoming closer to reality as many more assays come online, with a new one improving lung cancer detection by about 9% when used with CT scanning. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, says their underlying strategy is simple. Nelson: Many […]