Sequencing Detects Lung Cancer in Blood [News in Brief]

Genome sequencing that analyzes cell-free DNA in blood samples may be a useful approach for detecting lung cancer: In preliminary results from the ongoing Circulating Cell-Free Genome Atlas study, three different sequencing approaches detected lung cancer in 38% to 51% of patients with early-stage disease and in 87% to 89% of patients with late-stage disease, with 98% specificity.

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