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Universal Blood Test for Cancer

19/01/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - World Update, Universal Blood Test for Cancer

A new blood test could detect the early stages of eight forms of cancer

A new blood test could detect the early stages of eight forms of cancer.

A team at John Hopkins University has trialled a new blood test which could detect the early stages of eight forms of cancer. 

Also in the programme: Turkish forces mount offensive in Syria and is the duration of adolescence increasing?

(Photo: A scientist conducting cancer research. Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images/Cancer Research UK)

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