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One Test May 'Find Many Cancers'

Posted November 06, 2012 9:02 AM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

Targeting just one chemical inside cancerous cells could one day lead to a single test for a broad range of cancers, researchers say. The same system could then be used to deliver precision radiotherapy. Scientists told the National Cancer Research Institute conference they had been able to find breast cancer in mice weeks before a lump had been detected. The same target chemical was also present in cancers of the lung, skin, kidney and bladder, they said.

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Re: One Test May 'Find Many Cancers'

11/06/2012 12:40 PM

faster please.

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