A simple blood draw could one day tell doctors much more about a person’s cancer than many current blood tests can.

Normal blood tests cannot always rule out cancer. Persistent symptoms, risk factors, and appropriate screening or imaging may still require further evaluation.

A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early—sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body for dozens of different cancers at ...

Blood tests alone cannot definitively diagnose non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, but they can help doctors identify related issues and monitor treatment progress. A typical blood panel for non-Hodgkin’s ...

Not so long ago, a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease seemed a pipe dream. Now, after years of study, the field is awash with sensitive assays that signal the proteopathic culprits Aβ and tau ...

The discovery of a new blood group, MAL, has solved a 50-year-old mystery. Researchers from NHS Blood and Transplant (Bristol), NHSBT's International Blood Group Reference Laboratory (IBGRL) and the ...

Blood tests cannot detect throat cancer. However, they can help indicate a person’s overall health. Doctors may use them to determine whether a person is a suitable candidate for certain types of ...

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DNA changes in certain blood cancers may signal progression to acute myeloid leukemia or myelofibrosis years before routine blood tests detect them.