Is there a blood test for cancer?
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Is there a blood test for cancer?
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Dr. Gurmukh Singh
Pathology
In brief: Not quite
Cancer is not one disease but a conglomeration of multiple disease.
Some cancers, e.g., leukemias, multiple myeloma, and some advanced cancers can be detected by blood tests. However there are different tests for even these categories of cancers.
In brief: Not quite
Cancer is not one disease but a conglomeration of multiple disease.
Some cancers, e.g., leukemias, multiple myeloma, and some advanced cancers can be detected by blood tests. However there are different tests for even these categories of cancers.
Dr. Gurmukh Singh
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