Drop Of Blood is enough to Test For Cancer

Drop Of Blood is enough to Test For Cancer

A drop of blood or speck of tissue may be enough to diagnose cancers and assess their response to treatment, research suggests. New technology that allows cancer proteins to be analysed in tiny samples could end of surgical biopsies, which involve removing lumps of tissue, often under general anaesthetic. This study focused on blood cancers.

Full article is published in Nature Medicine (12 April 2009) | doi:10.1038/nm.1903;