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Blood test to replace mammo
Has anyone else heard or read about this? A research centre in England have successfully detected breast cancer using blood tests earlier than a mammogram would. They are currently doing further trial...
Just bouncing this one to the top as we've been following it for a few years now - as the CTC (Circulating Tumour Cell) OR 'CTDNA' technology is now being used overseas to detect active cancer cells in the blood.
Has anyone had it mentioned by their medical team? It is all part of the Genome stuff that is becoming more common with assisting diagnosis & treatment decisions ..... here are 2 more recent documents on it.
Both UK and USA are running clinical trials to evaluate it as a diagnostic tool ....
https://jhoonline.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13045-022-01351-y
HOW LONG TIL IT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO US IN AUSTRALIA ON MEDICARE??
https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/liquid-biopsies--understanding-ctdna-and-circulating-tumor-cells.h00-159463212.html#:~:text=Known%20as%20a%20liquid%20biopsy,captured%20with%20a%20blood%20draw.
Has anyone had it mentioned by their medical team? It is all part of the Genome stuff that is becoming more common with assisting diagnosis & treatment decisions ..... here are 2 more recent documents on it.
Both UK and USA are running clinical trials to evaluate it as a diagnostic tool ....
https://jhoonline.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13045-022-01351-y
HOW LONG TIL IT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO US IN AUSTRALIA ON MEDICARE??
https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/liquid-biopsies--understanding-ctdna-and-circulating-tumor-cells.h00-159463212.html#:~:text=Known%20as%20a%20liquid%20biopsy,captured%20with%20a%20blood%20draw.