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UK to pilot blood test that may detect 50 types of cancer
As nearly one in six deaths in the world is due to cancer. Also, about 40% of Americans are diagnosed with cancer during their lives. Besides a person’s genetics, external agents like radiation or viruses, habitual factors like alcohol, poor diets, smoking, and a lack of exercise could trigger this fatal disease. Nowadays, there are a variety of treatments to slow or cure cancer, such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, if they are applied in the early stages. Therefore, early detections are the key to effective treatment.
Now, the UK’s National Health Service is going to pilot the Galleri blood test with 165,000 patients that could detect over 50 types of cancer, hoping to identify types of cancer that are currently difficult to diagnose and treat early. The developer of the novel blood test is expecting the test, with existing care, will reduce the number of cancers diagnosed at a late stage by almost half. Indeed, if a simple blood test detects signs or developments of cancers, it would save time, costs, and manpower to detect and cure the fatal disease. The future may be coming soon.
Enjoy reading the article the learn about how effective an early diagnose is to treat cancers.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/27/health/cancer-blood-test-pilot-gbr-intl/index.html
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