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City of Hope

Cancer research and treatment centre in California, with a Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Experimental Therapeutics working on blood-based cancer detection.

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A three-marker blood test flagged 87% of stage 1 and 2 pancreatic cancers in 1,800 patients

A City of Hope team reports catching stage 1 and 2 pancreatic cancer from a three-marker blood score. The trial does not settle what a positive means in the high-risk groups a screening programme would enrol first.

Publishers:discovermagazine.comscientificamerican.com

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Evidence57
Adoption8
Hype gap+33
Incentives63
Confidence61