New Blood Test For Cancer Monitoring

There is a new type of test that can detect genetic mutations in minute amounts of DNA that is released from cancer cells into the blood, according to Stanford University scientists. The test is called single color digital PCR and requires just a fraction of a tube of blood that can detect as few as three mutation-bearing molecules in a single reaction. The report in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics reports that this highly sensitive test has the potential to be personalized to recognize mutations unique to any individual cancer.

There are now only a handful of blood tests …read more