A single blood draw called Galleri, made by GRAIL, is designed to look for cancer signals from more than 50 cancer types ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 85 and healthy apart from polycythemia vera, for which I take aspirin. I was interested in the new blood test for cancer. Is it worthwhile? Dear M.N.: When screening patients for ...

A novel, blood-based test developed using fragmentomic features of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) detects colorectal cancer (CRC) with a 90.4% sensitivity and shows consistent performance across stages and ...

Recent studies in this field have indicated microbial cell-free DNA (mcfDNA) testing as a viable assay capable of identifying pathogens from the bloodstream. However, this technique has not been ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 85 and healthy apart from polycythemia vera, for which I take aspirin. I was interested in the new blood test for cancer. Is it worthwhile? -- M.N. ANSWER: When screening patients ...

A noninvasive blood test to detect genetic material shed by tumors may help clinicians identify adverse events related to treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs, investigators at the Johns ...

Updated ACS guidance suggests use in those who decline other options ...

Study: Toward the simultaneous detection of multiple diseases with a highly cost-effective cell-free DNA methylome test. Image Credit: 3dMediSphere / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the ...

Source: Getty Images Beyond traditional monitoring of kidney transplant recipients, donor derived-cell free DNA may permit early identification of graft damage. According to Annette S. Kim, MD, PhD, ...