A simple blood test has been found to detect more than 50 types of cancer. Such a blood test is the 'holy grail' for cancer research, although more work is needed to find one which works perfectly. A simple blood test has been found to detect more than 50 types of cancer, even when people are not showing any symptomsThe test wrongly diagnosed people with cancer less than 1 per cent of the time. Researchers trained a computer algorithm to find cancer using blood tests from more than 3,000 patients and healthy people. The exciting finding from the study is that the blood test may find cancer in people with no symptoms.

Source: Daily Mail March 30, 2020 23:01 UTC