Johns Hopkins blood test detects tumor dna three years early

Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years prior to cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at the Ludwig Center at Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

The study, partly funded by the National Institutes of Health, was published May 22 in Cancer Discovery.

Investigators were surprised they could detect cancer-derived…

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