New blood test could detect early stage ovarian cancer

Samples await drug-testing in a lab

The new blood test has the potential to dramatically improve early detection of the disease. Source: SBS

Research on a bacterial toxin first discovered in Adelaide has led to the development a new blood test for the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer—a disease which kills over 1000 Australian women and 150,000 globally each year.


Professor James Paton, director of the research center for infectious diseases at the University of Adelaide, and CEO of Ovarian Cancer Australia , Jane Hill, joined us to talk more about the study and what this means for the future of cancer detection.


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