An 'HIV-test' Equivalent For Early Detection Of Lung Cancer
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 16:37
in Health & Medicine
A team of researchers led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center reports online today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology the validation of a potential "HIV-test" equivalent for the early detection of lung cancer. The test, which relies on immune-system signals, much like an HIV test, can detect the presence of lung cancer a year prior to diagnosis, long before symptoms appear.
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