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Cancer Commentary - Caring About Cancer

January 14th, 2008

Saliva Test To Detect Breast Cancer?

The quantity and identity of specific protein markers in the human saliva can be used as an early, non-invasive diagnostic test for breast cancer that can even be conducted by dentists.
Such were the findings of a new study by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
The study describes how the onset […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 1 comment

December 16th, 2007

Breast Cancer Detection by Blood Test, Possible too!

Previously, the possibility of lung cancer detection by blood test has been reported.
Now, a blood test may also be able to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages.
Such diagnostic test – now being introduced in the UK - works by detecting gene expression patterns in blood samples not taken from the breast.
Developed by Norwegian life […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments