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Re:Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enou... by graeme on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:30PM (#27632950)
Not that easy. “Check the liver for cancer” has lots of risks: surgery and the resulting tissue injury.

I’m generally inclined towards the position of more testing....but there are very real tradeoffs to any of the interventions that a blood test could prompt.

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Re:Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enou... by jghn on Friday June 25, 2021 @01:24PM (#27633754)
Also, you might have identified liver cancer that came from the patient's kidney. Or a colorectal cancer that came from the patient's liver.
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