New Blood Tests for Early Cancer Detection Get Some Love From House Members

One of the bills discussed extensively at the hearing was the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act, which would require multi-cancer early detection ... Read More

Does Joe Biden’s Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Have You Concerned About Your Own Health?

Doctors explain how to protect yourself against prostate cancer, common symptoms of prostate cancer, when to get screened, and how screening happens. Read More

Arrington's multi-cancer early detection screening bill receives bipartisan support

Passing the first hurdle, U.S. Rep. Arrington's multi-cancer early detection screening bill receives full bipartisan support from a House committee. Read More

Can new blood tests really detect cancer early?

For years, it has been one of the most tantalizing ideas in medicine: One day, a simple blood test will detect nascent cancers — allowing doctors to intervene when tumors may be easier to treat. A ... Read More

Bill honoring Alabama representative's mother would cover early cancer detection tests

A House bill named for an Alabama representative's mother would expand Medicare coverage to include blood tests that can detect multiple types of cancer simultaneously. Read More

San Antonio biotech company creates blood test for early cancer detection

A San Antonio biotech company has created a revolutionary blood test to detect gastric cancer in its early stages. Cizzle Bio developed the DEX-G2, a non-invasive test that uses a blood sample to ... Read More

Fifty cancer types in one liquid biopsy test: Exact Sciences enters early-detection market

A new liquid biopsy test from Exact Sciences scans for 50 cancers in one blood sample. The company says it marks a new era in early detection, but there are caveats. Read More

Biden is getting prostate cancer treatment, but that’s not the best choice for all men − a cancer researcher describes how she helped her father decide

“Me encontraron càncer en la pròstata,” my father told me. “They found cancer in my prostate.” As a cancer researcher who knows very well about the high incidence and decreased survival rates of ... Read More

Oncologist-Approved Cancer Blood Screening Tests for Women

Cancer has always been a major health concern for women, as in most cases, doctors say early detection could have yielded favourable treatment results. According to oncologists, cancer screening blood ... Read More

Early cancer screening may have saved a Charleston firefighter’s life. Now he wants others protected

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) A Charleston firefighter is speaking out for the first time about his recent cancer diagnosis and how a partnership to screen firefighters helped catch it early. Firefighters ... Read More

Joe Biden undergoes Mohs surgery to remove skin cancer lesions; Subtle signs for early detection of the disease

Just months after revealing his stage-4 prostate cancer diagnosis, former US President Joe Biden underwent Mohs surgery to remove skin cancer lesions from his forehead. His team confirmed the surgery ... Read More