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New blood test can predict if breast cancer will come back

Source: PA Wire

A new type of blood test can predict if breast cancer will come back years before it shows up on scans, paving the way for treatment to start before it becomes incurable.

The “ultra-sensitive” test can pick up traces of a tumour’s DNA ahead of a full relapse, when it is much harder

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