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Is there a blood test that can detect possibly hidden cancer in my body ?
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No: All so called blood tests that are available ie. Ca125 et.al are approved for monitoring a patients condition once diagnosis is established and one uses a rising marker to show failure of treatement and decreasing marker to indicate response to treatment. No test available today can diagnose the presence or absence of an undiagnosed malignancy.
Answered 1/19/2018
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