Just a blood test to get diagnosed?

[SimoneHU]

A new research of the University of Pittsburgh might be near to this idea. New findings suggest that a group of 4 proteins could have the ability to “mark” or identify patients affected by esophageal cancer.

Read more: medscape.com/viewarticle/82...

Hope you find interesting!

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Thanks. I believe that genetic markers have been in the process of being discovered, principally through biopsy results that are sometimes gathered through cytosponge, the sponge on a string test that may be introduced to GPs' surgeries in the future. Adenocarcionoma, which is the cancer associated with Barrett's Oesophagus and the basis of this research, represents about 70% of the UK oesophageal cancer cases. ddy to which you refer:

sciencedaily.com/releases/2...

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My colleagues, who know a lot more about this than I do, say that a lot of people are working on blood markers, and that at present these are likely to be no more than indications for further tests, and to share some of the difficulties of tests for, say, prostate cancer

[SimoneHU HealthUnlocked in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for that OPA_AlanM! It does sound very good to be true for now...maybe in a few more years!

[cristinajamescj]

Thanks so much!!