For years, it has been one of the most tantalizing ideas in medicine: One day, a simple blood test will detect nascent cancers — allowing doctors to intervene when tumors may be easier to treat. A ...

With March being National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, there’s never been a better time to screen for the disease. CRC ...

For years, it has been one of the most tantalizing ideas in medicine: One day, a simple blood test will detect nascent cancers - allowing doctors to intervene when tumors may be easier to treat. A ...

Want to B-positive about your health? Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a cutting-edge blood test that can detect signs of cancer three years before any symptoms surface. The breakthrough could ...

TEXAS – A new wave of blood tests is changing how doctors detect cancer. These tests can find signs of cancer early, sometimes before symptoms appear, giving patients a better chance at successful ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Some of the most dangerous cancers are the types that are hard to detect. As a result, they are often caught too late to treat. Some emerging technologies could change that ...

Even though I have a degree in biology, I knew little about cancer – until life gave me a crash course. In 2019, while working on my master’s degree in Huntsville, I developed severe leg pain. At ...

A new light-based sensor can spot incredibly tiny amounts of cancer biomarkers in blood, raising the possibility of earlier and simpler cancer detection. The technology merges DNA nanotechnology, ...

Using a single blood sample, multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests screen for numerous types of cancers, including breast, ovarian, colorectal, pancreatic and prostate cancers. Trials are underway ...

John (Eddie) La Marca receives funding from Cancer Council Victoria. He is affiliated with the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.