[b]UK[/b] researchers have developed a simple blood test that could provide the key to detecting all forms of cancer. Scientists from the [b]University of Bradford[/b] tested their technique on three forms of cancer and have reported positive results, according to [s]The Daily Telegraph[/s]. They hope the test could prevent the need for invasive procedures like colonoscopies, but say more work is needed to prove their method works. The technique involves firing ultraviolet light at white blood cells to damage the DNA. So far the results have shown that DNA in the blood of patients suffering from melanoma, lung and colon cancer is more easily damaged. Patients with pre-cancerous conditions showed an intermediate level of damage.
[link url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/10993401/British-scientists-develop-blood-test-that-could-detect-all-forms-of-cancer.html]Full report in The Daily Telegraph[/link]
[link url=http://www.fasebj.org/content/early/2014/07/24/fj.14-254748.abstract?sid=2111bb90-4354-4e33-bd97-a7fe7dd83b4d]FASEB Journal abstract[/link]