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New blood test could detect cancers before they become deadly

Undated artist impression of a neutrophil attacking a cancer cell

Undated artist impression of a neutrophil attacking a cancer cell Source: AAP

The lives of millions of people around the world could be saved with a new blood test that can detect eight common cancers before they become deadly.


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By Gareth Boreham

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The lives of millions of people around the world could be saved with a new blood test that can detect eight common cancers before they become deadly.


The liquid biopsy -  developed by US and Australian scientists - could be avaliable within the next few years.

It comes as new figures show an increase in lung cancer deaths - the result of an increase in women smoking in the 1970s.


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