Researchers at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have designed a blood test to look at prostate cancer patients, or at least those who have not yet been diagnosed. The test can distinguish agressive prostate cancer. What researchers are thinking that this test, along with the PSA test (Prostate Specific Antigen), will allow doctors to select those patients that need to be treated more urgently.
What do you think? Would you be willing to have a blood test to determine if you have cancer, and if so, how aggressive?
For the full article, visit http://www.aalatimes.com/2012/10/09/scientists-develop-%e2%80%98barcode%e2%80%99-blood-test-for-aggressive-prostate-cancer/.
What do you think? Would you be willing to have a blood test to determine if you have cancer, and if so, how aggressive?
For the full article, visit http://www.aalatimes.com/2012/10/09/scientists-develop-%e2%80%98barcode%e2%80%99-blood-test-for-aggressive-prostate-cancer/.
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