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Is it ever that a regular blood test detect cancer cells?
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Won't happen soon: There are so many different kinds of cancers, most do not get into the bloodstream, and lab tests to screen for particular cancers have proved so insensitive and nonspecific. We won't see blood work for cancer detection in our lifetime.
Answered 11/28/2017
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