The study suggests the tests could save lives by catching cancer at earlier stages, when it's more easily treated. It predicted that, over a decade of use, MCEDs could reduce stage IV cancer diagnoses ...

Much attention has been given recently to the idea of detecting many different types of cancer from a single blood test, and a new test claiming to do that has just been reported. The leader in this ...

A new type of blood test could help detect multiple cancers early. A team of researchers in California studied a new multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test called Galleri, which can reportedly ...

Molecular testing, or molecular diagnostics, refers to a group of tests that look at the genetic material in a specimen. It can detect genetic risk factors for certain diseases or provide evidence of ...

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 ...

Grail's Galleri test screens for more than 50 different types of cancer from a single blood draw. (Getty Images) If you could take a simple blood test that could detect multiple types of cancer while ...

Genetic testing for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can tell doctors if someone has leukemia, what type they may have, and whether treatment is working. The tests look for atypical changes in certain ...