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Too soon to tell if ‘liquid biopsies’ help more than harm in cancer screening

by Dennis Thompson edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin “Liquid biopsy” tests using blood samples to screen for multiple types of cancer are attracting much attention, for their potential to catch unseen tumors. But it’s too soon to tell whether they’re truly useful in the fight against cancer, a new evidence review warns. These multicancer […]

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Scavenger platelets that store DNA could transform cancer screening

by Swansea University edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan   Platelets sequester cfDNA during circulation. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adp3971 Swansea University has helped uncover a surprising new role for platelets—one that could significantly advance early cancer detection. The study, led by the University of Oxford and published in Science, has revealed that platelets act as scavengers, capturing and storing fragments of DNA

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