Want to B-positive about your health? Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a cutting-edge blood test that can detect signs of cancer three years before any symptoms surface. The breakthrough could ...

The American Cancer Society recommends that people at average risk of colorectal cancer start regular screening at age 45, and several blood tests on the market could help. These tests are done in a ...

Cancer screening is at a turning point. For decades, most tests focused on one form of the disease — like mammograms for breast cancer or colonoscopies for colorectal cancer — but new advances have ...

Most cancers excel at staying hidden until it’s too late. By the time symptoms appear, the disease often has spread beyond the reach of curative treatment. Ovarian and gastroesophageal cancers are ...

Cancer continues to be one of the world's top causes of death, partly because of delayed discovery of the disease. But according to a recently released study, a simple blood test may be able to ...

An experimental blood test for pancreatic cancer is being evaluated by a commercial laboratory, an important milestone toward making the test available for patients. An experimental blood test for ...

Liquid biopsies have transformed cancer testing. These tests detect signs of cancer using a simple blood draw instead of removing tissue from the body. Traditional biopsies involve surgery, needles, ...

Cancerguard detects multiple cancers early by identifying specific DNA and protein markers in a blood sample. The test is available for adults aged 50-84 without cancer in the past three years, but it ...

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are tiny particles shed by cells that carry important molecular "clues" about the cell's ...

Researchers working on an incurable blood cancer can now use a new lab model that could make testing potential new treatments and diagnostics easier and quicker, new research has found. Working with ...