U.S. News & World Report: Perlmutter Cancer Center Medical Oncologist Discusses Study on Blood Test for Early Cancer Detection
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Results of a preliminary study, reported at the 2022 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress, show that a single blood test can screen for more than 50 types of tumors.
Ruth Oratz, MD, a medical oncologist at 四色AV Langone Health鈥檚 Perlmutter Cancer Center, tells U.S. News & World Report that it would be 鈥渇antastic鈥 to screen for many cancers with a single blood draw.
鈥淭his is very exciting technology,鈥 says Dr. Oratz, also a clinical professor in the at 四色AV Grossman School of Medicine. 鈥淏ut, we鈥檙e not there yet.鈥
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